A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back around 3,500 years was found near an archaeological site in Hod Hasharon by 12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner during a family trip, the Israel Antiquities ...

It turns out the amulet is 3,800 years old ... Their young would then hatch from these balls of dung. The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr", which means “to come into being ...

Many of the items will be shown for the first time, including seals of pharaohs, Egyptian statues, ritual vessels, and now a scarab amulet discovered by an enthralled 3-year-old.

“Scarabs were used in this period as seals and as amulets,” Dr ... Israel Antiquities Authority, scarab seals are small objects that originate from ancient Egypt “and designed in the ...

discovered the amulet in the area around Beit Shemesh, a city that’s located less than an hour west of Jerusalem. It depicts a scarab, a beetle that commonly figures on ancient Egyptian ...

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 ... s name in Egyptian derives from ...

Popular in ancient Egypt, amulets in the shape of a dung beetle often come with ornate designs. The dung beetle was revered in ancient Egypt, considered sacred and a symbol of new life. Nitzan found ...

Ziv Nitzvan, 3, discovered the amulet in the area around Beit Shemesh, a city that’s located less than an hour west of Jerusalem. It depicts a scarab, a beetle that commonly figures on ancient ...

In the Middle Bronze Age, researchers said, the Canaanites used scarabs designed to look like dung beetles as seals and amulets ... s name in Egyptian derives from the verb “to be created”, as ancient ...