Scarab beetles, as Ben-Tor noted ... the child brought to light will be showcased with other historical artifacts from Egypt and Canaan in a unique Passover exhibit in Jerusalem.

Tel Azekah, where the toddler unearthed the artifact, is a well-known archaeological ... symbolizing new life – as the Egyptian word for scarab comes from the verb meaning “to come into ...

a 3,800-year-old Egyptian artifact. The small object she found is an ancient scarab amulet dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. Tel Azekah is a known archaeological site, and excavations have ...

Israeli Ziv Nitzan discovered a 3,800-year-old Canaanite amulet during a family trip last month at Tel Azeka, according to the IAA.

The scarab is just one of the many Egyptian and Canaanite artifacts discovered at Tel Azekah, which attests to the “close ties and cultural influences between Canaan and Egypt during that period ...

Ben-Tor later determined that the artifact came from the Canaanites ... director Oded Lipschits said. “The scarab found by Ziv joins a long list of Egyptian and Canaanite finds discovered ...

Scarabs, or dung beetles ... The amulet she found will be included in an upcoming exhibition of Canaanite and Egyptian artifacts at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the ...

Ziv Nitzan, 3, discovered a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab amulet while hiking with ... years and Ziv’s discovery "joins a long list of Egyptian and Canaanite finds discovered here," Prof.

Popular in ancient Egypt, amulets in the shape of a ... everyone will be able to see it and enjoy it,” he said. The scarab now joins additional artifacts from the era for a special public ...

“Scarabs were used in this period as seals and as amulets,” said Daphna Ben-Tor, the curator for Egyptian archaeology at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem who determined the artifact was genuine.

Their young would then hatch from these balls of dung. The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means “to come into being” or “to be created,” according to the ...