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 ...

Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a family ... designed in the shape of a dung beetle," as the Facebook post cited.