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

The scarab beetle is one of at least a dozen creatures ... Bees, beetles and butterflies have been a staple of figurative jewelry for well over a century. But not since the nature-obsessed ...

Paleolithic shamans wore winged beetle pendants to underscore the direct ... who rolled the sun across the sky, with scarab amulets and seals. More recently Art Nouveau craftsmen such as René ...

The scarab beetle was one of the most prevalent symbols of ancient ... Scarabs adorned his tomb in a number of places, from the hieroglyphics on the walls to all sorts of jewelry—this was because it ...

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 amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities ... The seals were worn as jewelry at times, according to the Van Egmond Collection. They were also used for ...

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to assist ...