Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan inadvertently discovered an ancient scarab amulet dating back 3,800 years in Beit Shemesh. The ...

The English word scarab doesn't only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative sculptural jewelry based on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The symbol was popular in Ancient Egyptian culture and was found at a site known for its archaeological significance.

It turned out the stone that 3.5-year-old Ziv had found was actually a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab seal from ... that originated in ancient Egypt, where the dung beetle had symbolic and ...