The toddler, Ziv Nitzan, was visiting the archaeological site of Tel Azekah in southern Israel with her family when she found a scarab amulet believed to belong to Canaanite communities ...

They recognized the markings as those of a scarab, but ran the amulet through Google Lens to be sure before contacting the Antiquities Authority the next day. “There are thousands of stones over ...

A toddler on a family hike in Israel made a stunning archaeological find, uncovering an ancient scarab amulet at Tel Azekah, the legendary battlefield where David is said to have defeated Goliath.

A "beautiful stone" picked up by a three-year-old girl in Israel has been revealed by archaeologists to be a rare 3,800-year-old scarab amulet. The Bronze Age artefact was found by the toddler ...

A 3-year-old girl on a family walk picked up an interesting-looking pebble that turned out to be a 3,800-year-old amulet. The Canaanite scarab amulet, which dates to the Middle Bronze Age ...

In fact, even the insect’s name in Egyptian derives from the verb “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of the incarnation of god. Archaeologists have been ...

The family handed the scarab over to the Israel Antiquities ... During the Middle Bronze Age, scarabs were used as seals and amulets, as Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of Egyptian archaeology at the ...

The alluring pebble turned out to be a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet, engraved with the design of an insect known as a scarab and dating from the Bronze Age, according to the Israel Antiquities ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan inadvertently discovered an ancient scarab amulet dating back 3,800 years in Beit Shemesh. The relic, a significant find for the Israel Antiquities Authority, highlights the ...

During a recent family trip to Tel Azekah in Israel, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan discovered an ancient scarab amulet from 3,800 years ago while strolling along a path. Credit: Emil Aladjem/IAA via Pen ...

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle ... They were also used for security, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said. “The Egyptians did not have locks and keys,” according ...