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 ...

The Egyptians thought the scarab symbolized the incarnation of God the Creator. Daphna Ben-Tor, who works with ancient amulets and seals ... The seals were worn as jewelry at times, according ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought h ...

That is probably why this type of amulet is found in many burials, often included in the mummy wrappings." The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted more than 3,000 years, and practices surrounding ...

Angel Favazza, an AP Literature and Composition and Honors Writing Center teacher at Stevenson High School, is also an author ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s Tel Azekah area is actually a Bronze Age scarab amulet ... in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians associated ...

discovered the amulet in the area around Beit Shemesh, a city that’s located less than an hour west of Jerusalem. It depicts a scarab, a beetle that commonly figures on ancient Egyptian ...