However, despite being “a clear Egyptian symbol,” scarab motifs “were found far beyond Egypt’s borders,” Dr. Paz emphasized. After the discovery, Filshteiner and her family were given a ...

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

The scarab and its unique pictorial features, along with other finds discovered at Tel Qana with similar motifs, provide new insights into the nature of the Egyptian influence in the region in ...

“The scarab and its unique pictorial features, along with other finds discovered at Tel Qana with similar motifs, provide new insights into the nature of the Egyptian influence in the region in ...

returned to the gods who gave it-sym- bolism that is most interesting and probably always will be associated with the Egyptian scarabi. Scarabs were buried with the mummies in the hope that the ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family ... revered for protecting pregnant women. Additional motifs include the “nefer” symbol, meaning ...

Linda Ward asked in a recent email requesting an appraisal of a scarab-designed bracelet she ... when there was a resurgence in interest in Egyptian works. “The rebirth of these designs ...

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 ...

Experts later identified it as a Canaanite seal or scarab. “Scarabs were used in ... of artifacts found across Israel indicating ancient Egyptian presence in the country. She picked it up ...

colors and motifs of Egypt’s great empire. But the sale also covers the fervor for ancient Egyptian culture pre-dating the roaring ’20s, when Tut’s tomb was unearthed in 1922. Pieces dating ...

An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back around 3,500 years was found near an archaeological site in Hod Hasharon by 12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner during a family trip, the Israel Antiquities ...