Imagine walking along a simple country path with your kids only for one of them to rummage around in some stones and return ...

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 ...

A brief lesson in Egyptology Items of jewellery such as rings have been unearthed, along with coloured pottery vessels, scarab beetle amulets and mud bricks bearing seals of Amenhotep III.

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 ...

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 three-year-old could have picked up any other stone or sea shell on her family trip but instead, the toddler found an ancient amulet ... the scarab seals were in the shape of dung beetle ...

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 alluring pebble turned out to be a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet, engraved with the design of an insect known as a scarab and dating ... Scarabs, or dung beetles, were particularly popular ...

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 ...