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Title: The scarab beetle IS NOT the flesh-eating monster shown in the film 'The Mummy'! It eats dung. The beetle can be seen in the desert rolling a ball of animal dung into its underground home. The Egyptians compared this to the rolling of the sun-disc across the sky. In addition, scarab eggs are laid in a dung ball. The young can feed off the dung when they hatch. Finally, the pupae looks like a mummy. For these reasons, the beetle was associated with the daily raising of the sun, with birth and rebirth after death. The word for scarab was 'kheper' which means 'to be created'. Amulets in the shape of scarabs were very popular. They were used in both life and death. [Go to resource]
Description: Blue faience scarab. From the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Format: text/html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Rights holder: University of Swansea, Egypt Centre Subjects: [none] Source: Egypt Centre Identifier: http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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