During a recent family trip to Tel Azekah in Israel, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan discovered an ancient scarab amulet from 3,800 years ago while strolling along a path. Credit: Emil Aladjem/IAA via Pen ...

identified the item as a Canaanite scarab from the Middle Bronze Age The item was found in Tel Azekah, which is where the battle between David and Goliath in the Bible's Book of Samuel took ...

Scarab amulets trace their origins to ancient ... an ancient people recorded throughout the Bible and in historical documents up to 3,500 years old — as well as older archaeological findings ...

A scarab amulet is an ancient Egyptian charm shaped ... which is referenced in the Bible as the site of the infamous Biblical battle took place. According to the Book of Samuel, the Israelites ...

And if Azekah sounds familiar, your Bible studies do you justice ... it is a Canaanite scarab dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. She explained that Canaanite scarabs were used as seals ...

the village of Tel Azekah is referenced in the Bible as the site of the infamous battle between David and Goliath. Omer Nitzan said that after her sister found the scarab on a family outing last ...

The tiny ornate object, which originated in ancient Egypt, was designed in the shape of a dung beetle, or scarab — a creature ... according to the Bible. “We have been excavating here for ...

The Bible also references the area around Tel Azekah ... from Azekah’s rich natural and strategic location.” The scarab is just one of the many Egyptian and Canaanite artifacts discovered ...

Tel Azeka itself had immense historical and religious significance, featuring in the Bible as the location of ... director Oded Lipschits said. “The scarab found by Ziv joins a long list of ...

And if Azekah sounds familiar, your Bible studies do you justice ... revealed the significance behind the item: it is a Canaanite scarab dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. She explained that ...