A young girl found an ancient seal carved with a scarab beetle on a family outing to the Tel Azekah archaeological site, near ...

Here, two male taurus scarab beetles, a type of dung beetle, illustrate the subdued subgroup (left) and the showy subgroup (right). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family.

One of the figures from Ancient Egypt placed in his study is this Heart Scarab. The scarab, or dung beetle, was a sacred symbol of resurrection and crucial in the imagery relating to the passage ...

All dung beetles belong to the scarab superfamily (Scarabaeoidea ... These scarab beetles feature in religious and funerary art from statues to jewellery. They are said to represent Khepri, the god of ...

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.

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians associated dung beetles rolling ... as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of the ...