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 ...

As ancient Egyptian culture spread, so did the scarab. Canaanites, Greeks, and Romans adopted the beetle-shaped amulet, incorporating it into their own rituals and jewellery collections.

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 ...

Imagine walking along a simple country path with your kids only for one of them to rummage around in some stones and return with an ancient amulet ... in ancient Egypt, where the dung beetle ...

The family handed the scarab over to the Israel ... decorated objects that originated in ancient Egypt. They’re typically shaped like dung beetles, which ancient Egyptians considered a sacred ...

A three-year-old girl has stunned archaeologists after discovering an ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back 3,800 years ...

Visiting the Tel Azekah site with her family from their home in the Israeli settlement of Ramot Meir, she happened upon a 3,800-year-old scarab ... amulets,” said Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of ...

a 3,800-year-old Egyptian artifact. The small object she found is an ancient scarab amulet dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. Tel Azekah is a known archaeological site, and excavations have ...