12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner found a 3,500-year-old ancient Egyptian amulet while hiking in a suburb of Tel Aviv. The ...

Dafna Filshteiner discovered a small scorpion-adorned scarab amulet lying out in the open near Tel Qana outside of Hod ...

(Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back around 3,500 ... Additionally, this beetle was seen as a sign of a divine creator because of its ability ...

The scarab amulet, a beetle shape carved out of stone and adorned ... in Israel – sometimes used as a seal – are evidence of Egyptian rule in our region about 3,500 years ago, and of its ...

An Israeli girl hiking in the Tel Qana site near Hod Hasharon recently discovered an ancient Egyptian amulet ... well into modern-day Israel. Such scarab beetle amulets are indications of Egypian ...

The amulet took the shape of a dung beetle, which was sacred in Ancient Egypt as a symbol of new life, per the press release. "The scarab is indeed a distinct Egyptian characteristic, but their ...

Shaped like a dung beetle, the scarab represented new life to the ... of Egyptian culture during the Bronze Age. The Egyptian amulet found at Tel Qana in Ramat Hasharon. “The scarab may have ...

Another decoration on the amulet is the nefer symbol, which in Egyptian means ‘good’ or ‘chosen ... And in 2022, a group of eighth-graders on a tour discovered another scarab from the late Bronze age.

Some of the amulets are shaped like scarab beetles, which were thought to be imbued with magical properties in ancient Egypt. One of the mummies was even found with a heart scarab. This was a ...

"The scarab is indeed a distinct Egyptian characteristic ... Clearly displayed on the beetle-shaped amulet were two scorpions, which Paz said "represented the Egyptian goddess Serket, who was ...

The ancient tomb contains about 300 mummies, the University of Barcelona said in a Dec. 16 news release. So far, ...