“Since the early Middle Ages people have distinguished between ‘white’ and ‘black’ magic. The use of amulets belonged to the category of ‘white’ magic, which was meant to cast a ...

"Scarabs were used in [the Middle Bronze Age] as seals and as amulets," said Daphna Ben-Tor ... area during the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Ages. Tel Azekah is located high above sea level ...

During this period, scarabs, resembling dung beetles, were commonly used as talismans and seal ... findings show that during the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Ages, here in Tel Azekah thrived ...

An exhibit of agimat and anting-anting—amulets and talismans used by the inhabitants of these islands way before the arrival of the Spaniards—is currently on display at Yuchengco Museum in Makati City ...