The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in the news release. Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the ...

Scarab beetles, as Ben-Tor noted, held sacred status in ancient Egypt, symbolizing new life. This belief stemmed from their habit of laying eggs in dung balls. Notably, the Egyptian word for ...

The alluring pebble turned out to be a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet, engraved with the design of an insect known as a scarab and dating from the Bronze Age, according to the Israel Antiquities ...