Beads, amulets and statuettes - many of which are made from gold - were among the items ... the form of eye-shaped wadjets, believed by ancient Egyptians to contain healing powers and which ...

The ancient Egyptians sure loved gold, and it seems they saw human suffering as a small price to pay for the precious metal. New discoveries at a 2,300-year-old gold mine reveal that some workers ...

Archaeologists have said a stone found by a three-year-old girl connects us to a 'grand story' from the Bronze Age ...

Archaeologists say Nitzan picked up an ancient ... In the Egyptian language, the beetle’s name stems from the verb for “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 ...

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display ... Image Ziv, moments after finding the ancient artifact. She said she first ...

These amulets were often worn as pendants, rings, or seals, serving not only as symbols of devotion but also as markers of social position. As ancient Egyptian culture spread, so did the scarab.

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in the news release. Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the ...