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 ...

A 3-year-old girl found a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab amulet during a family trip to Tel Azeka, Israel. The 'beautiful' ...

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

The scarab was either used as a seal or amulet, according to Dr ... scarab bearing the shape of a dung beetle, which was considered sacred in Ancient Egypt. "It was a symbol of new life, because ...

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated ... insect’s name in Egyptian derives from the verb “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol ...

During a recent family trip to Tel Azekah in Israel, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan discovered an ancient scarab amulet ... Scarab beetles, as Ben-Tor noted, held sacred status in ancient Egypt ...

While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan found a scarab amulet ... back to ancient Egypt, where the dung beetle was "considered ...

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 ...