The symbol was popular in Ancient Egyptian culture and was found at a site known for its archaeological significance.

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

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.

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 ...

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.

A three-year-old child in Israel made a remarkable archaeological discovery in the form of a 3,800-year-old relic. While out on a hike with her parents and two sisters at the archaeological site of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...