The English word scarab doesn't only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative sculptural jewelry based on ...

The scarabs shown in this exhibition, with their hieroglyphic writings on the base, gives us a picture of the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians. This writing tells of their rulers and their ...

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in the news release. Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the ...

It has a gilded face and a scarab beetle pendant. Scarab beetles were very important to ancient Egyptians - they symbolised the restoration of life. This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from ...

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