The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities ... The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means “to come into being” or “to be ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan inadvertently discovered an ancient scarab amulet dating back 3,800 years in Beit Shemesh. The relic, a significant find for the Israel Antiquities Authority, highlights the ...

The family handed the scarab over to the Israel Antiquities Authority ... Scarabs are small, decorated objects that originated in ancient Egypt. They’re typically shaped like dung beetles, which ...

Ziv Nitzan, a 3½-year-old girl, found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip to Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, in Israel ...

It turned out the stone that 3.5-year-old Ziv had found was actually a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab seal from ... that originated in ancient Egypt, where the dung beetle had symbolic and ...