Scarab beetles, as Ben-Tor noted, held sacred status in ancient Egypt, symbolizing new life – as the Egyptian word for scarab ...

The scarab, shaped like a dung beetle, was regarded in ancient Egypt as a symbol of creation ... with modern jewellery designers often drawing inspiration from these ancient symbols.

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an ...

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities ... The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means “to come into being” or “to be ...

Ziv Nitzan, a 3½-year-old girl, found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip to Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, in Israel ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

The find also highlights the close cultural connections between ancient Egypt and Canaan. Scarab amulets are small, ornate objects that are designed to look like dung beetles ( Scarabaeus sacer ).

In a related development, criminal investigation officers apprehended an Egyptian woman accused of involvement in the case at Kuwait International Airport as she attempted to leave the country. The ...