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 ...

Visiting the Tel Azekah site with her family from their home in the Israeli settlement of Ramot Meir, she happened upon a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet ... of a dung beetle, which lays ...

While out on a hike with her parents and two sisters at the archaeological site of Tel Azeka, Ziv Nitzan located a Canaanite amulet in the shape of a scarab while searching ... Scarabs, otherwise ...

Ziv had accidentally unearthed a 3,800-year-old amulet, from the Middle Bronze ... was designed in the shape of a dung beetle, or scarab - a creature that was considered sacred by ancient ...

Tel Azekah, where the 3-year-old unearthed the ancient artifact, is a well-known archaeological site in Israel’s Shephelah area where excavations have taken place for about 15 years. View on euronews ...

The scarab, shaped like a dung beetle, was regarded in ... Today, the tradition of amulets continues, with modern jewellery designers often drawing inspiration from these ancient symbols.

The artifact is a small scarab-shaped amulet, a design commonly associated with ancient Egyptian culture. Scarabs, modeled after dung beetles, symbolized renewal and protection and were often used as ...

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 ... dung beetles, were used as seal imprints and amulets ...

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 the scarab at the foot ...

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated in Egypt ... “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of the incarnation of god.

the beetle’s name stems from the verb for “to be created” or “to come into being,” per the IAA. During the Middle Bronze Age, scarabs were used as seals and amulets, as Daphna Ben-Tor ...