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 ...

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 ...

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman ... Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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 ...