Ancient Egyptians also believed that a god in the form of a giant scarab rolled the sun like a huge ball through the sky each day, giving life to the world. The underside of Freud's heart scarab ...

This writing tells of their rulers and their gods, and their ceremonies ... He was thought to push the sun disc through the sky, as a scarab beetle pushes a ball of dung containing its eggs.

(credit: Emil Aladjem, Antiquities Authority) Generally, scarabs were viewed as sacred creatures in Egyptian culture and were associated with the early morning sun's Egyptian god Khepri.