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 ...

a 3,800-year-old Egyptian artifact. The small object she found is an ancient scarab amulet dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. Tel Azekah is a known archaeological site, and excavations have ...

Popular in ancient Egypt, amulets in the shape of a ... including seals of pharaohs, Egyptian statues, ritual vessels, and now a scarab amulet discovered by an enthralled 3-year-old.

The ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of nothing less than ... “Scarabs were used in this period as seals and as amulets,” said Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of Egyptian archaeology ...

The toddler, Ziv Nitzan, was visiting the archaeological site of Tel Azekah in southern Israel with her family when she found a scarab amulet believed ... eyes of the ancient Egyptians, was ...

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 ...

The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of amulet known as the wedjat ... and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus ...

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 ...