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

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 – ...

Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life ... They were also used for security, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said. “The Egyptians did not have locks and keys ...

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 ...

scarabs were commonly used as seals and as amulets and were designed in the shape of a dung beetles. “This beetle, considered sacred in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, was a symbol of new ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of ... stones used by the ancient Egyptians – as well as half a bronze ring. Different types of scarab beetles that referenced Egyptian gods ...

In ancient Egypt ... Peter Dornan, former curator of Egyptian art at The Met, translated the cuneiform script on Hatnefer's heart scarab as follows: The Mistress of the House, Hatnefer, says ...