Scarab in ancient Egyptian mythology
Scientific name: (Scarabaeus)
A genus name for insects consisting of numbers of species of dung beetles.
Include “holy scarab beetle.”
(Scientific name: Scarabaeus sacer).
These beetles feed on animal dung, which they form into balls that they roll and bury in the soil. The female lays one egg in the dung ball.
When the caterpillar grows, it feeds on that ball, and some of it feeds on its own dung.
Egyptian scarabs were used for general purposes. They were seals such as cylinder seals, animal buttons, and huge gold rings.
And if you put a piece of a seal or a necklace, you can seal pot stoppers and letters with it.
And latches against the tampering of thieves.
They also carried them as protective amulets from evil,
They believed that this insect renews itself by itself. Like the ancient Egyptian who used to worship the sun god Ra among that beetle with a ball, balling it and dragging it behind it, then disappearing with it in the sand and then appearing as a new creation by the celebration of the sun during the night and its appearance again in the morning.
The ancient Egyptian represented Ra in the day with a disk of the sun and represented him in the form of a scarab at night.
The ancient Egyptians issued historical scarabs in the same way as commemorative medals. The smaller group includes the name of the king, followed by the name and title of the gifted person and his job.
The big group on the flat side of the big scarabs carries short news
In addition to the names.
The drawings inscribed on the ornate scarabs are numerous and include zigzag and spiral decorations and other drawings that include protective talismans. Some puzzles and images of gods and kings are sometimes hidden. Sometimes the drawings are real scenes and sacred animals.
Scarabs were an important part of the ancient Egyptian funeral rites.
Green scarab beetles were placed on the chest of the dead before burial
They are known as “heart scarers”.
During the ancient Egyptian period, scarabs were made of soapstone and were painted in blue and green.
Later, limestone was used to manufacture and agate, turquoise, glass, lapis lazuli, basalt, amethyst, and terracotta. To make it sacred, gold and silver were used for this purpose.
However, those made of gold and silver were rarely found, either because they were stolen or melted for any reason.
There were different types of scarabs in the era of the ancient Egyptians.
There were heart scarabs, which were found in shrouds, as well as marriage scarabs, winged scarabs, ornamental scarabs, lucky scarabs, and others.
It bears the name of the coronation of King Thutmose III
(from the news of Ra)
Modern State Family 18
About 1400 BC
The Metropolitan Museum
The ancient Egyptians expressed the scarab as Khebri
It means humiliation ascends or exits
The ancient Egyptians equated him with the god Atum in the early ages for several reasons.
First, they noticed that scarabs could form balls of animal dung and make them a food source for their larvae.
Therefore, equate our newer to the scarab or my news with the god Atum in the early ages.
Then he equated it with the analogy to solar symbolism as a result of pushing balls of dung.
Where I think my expert believes that he rotates the disk of the sun in the same way, crossing the sky
The scarab shape was used in abundance in ornaments, amulets, mummy wraps, and hand seals.