Keep reading to find out ten facts about the Egyptian scarab that might surprise you! The scarab was a symbol of the sun ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

An ancient Egyptian scarab was discovered during a field trip ... a silicate material coated with a bluish-green glaze. It may have dropped from the hands of an important figure of authority ...

The Egyptian word for this sacred beetle, scarab, comes from the verb meaning “to form” or “to be created,” according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. “The scarab is indeed a ...

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 ...

A 12-year-old girl accidentally discovered an ancient 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab on a hike in Israel recently. Dafna Filshteiner was hiking below the ancient site of Tel Qana in Hod Hasharon – ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family hike. A 12-year-old girl hiking with her family stumbled upon a 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Israel ...

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to assist ...

Dr. Amit Dagan and Dafna Filshteiner recount the discovery of a Bronze Age Egyptian Scarab amulet. (Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back around 3,500 ...