But scientific discoveries show there's more to the insects than what they eat. All dung beetles belong to the scarab superfamily (Scarabaeoidea). But not all scarab beetles eat dung. Those that do ...

The Egyptians made sense of the rising and setting of the sun by attributing it to a scarab beetle, or dung beetle, rolling away the sun, as they had seen the dung beetle roll balls of dung.

The Antiquities Authority determined the stone to be a Canaanite scarab from the Middle Bronze Age. Canaanites were an ancient people that lived throughout the Levant, with strong ties to Egypt. In ...

A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family.

Here, two male taurus scarab beetles, a type of dung beetle, illustrate the subdued subgroup (left) and the showy subgroup (right). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

The three-year-old could have picked up any other stone or sea shell on her family trip but instead, the toddler found an ...

Ancient Egyptians associated dung beetles rolling balls of dung with ... verb “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of the incarnation of god.

The dung beetle was revered in ancient Egypt, considered sacred and a symbol of new life. Nitzan found the scarab at the foot of Tel Azeka, an archaeological mound near Beit Shemesh. Previous ...

While on a hike with her family along a trail in Israel, a 3-year-old girl picked up a small stone. It turned out to be a ...

It turned out the stone that 3.5-year-old Ziv had found was actually a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab seal from the Middle Bronze Age. These seals were ornate objects that originated in ancient Egypt ...

The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority ... the insects are known for rolling balls of dung and then laying their eggs in them, the Israel ...