Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s Tel Azekah area is actually a Bronze Age scarab amulet made ... symbols of the revered beetles originated in ...

Scarab seals are tiny, ornate objects originally from ancient Egypt. They are designed in the shape of a dung beetle, which according to the IAA, had symbolic meaning. This specific type of beetle was ...

Jamie Theakston and Marcelle Duprey attempt to solve the mystery of why scarab ... times of the Ancient Egyptians. The colourful wall paintings depict some of the gods. The beetle or scarab ...

Jamie Theakston and Marcelle Duprey attempt to solve the mystery of why scarab ... times of the Ancient Egyptians. The colourful wall paintings depict some of the gods. The beetle or scarab ...

The three-year-old could have picked up any other stone or sea shell on her family trip but instead, the toddler found an ancient amulet dating back to 3,800 years ago. On the family's visit to ...

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.

An expert has determined that the item was a Canaanite scarab ... of a dung beetle," as the Facebook post cited. “This beetle, considered sacred in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, was a ...