who died as a teenager and was buried with a golden heart scarab beetle inside his chest as well as dozens of gold amulets. Then, of course, there’s Tutankhamun, whose blue and gold death mask ...

The fogstand beetle lives in the Namib Desert, where the average rainfall is 14mm a year and survives by drinking the mist condensing on its wing cases. Gold and silver scarab jewel beetles live ...

Jamie Theakston and Marcelle Duprey attempt to solve the mystery of why scarab beetles were buried with mummies. In 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by the archaeologist Howard Carter.