Royal Scarab Is Very Rare, Ancient Egypt Civilization
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:42955374 | Material: Glazed stone |
| Provenance: Valley of the Kings west of Luxor |
The scarab or Abu Jaal is a green ceramic vines formed in the form of dung beetle that the ancient Egyptians used to make for decoration. [1] [2] [3] In her burrow, then to eat it, to preserve its eggs. The ancient Egyptians called it Khirir. When the writing began to appear, I used his image to write a complicated word, which is the verb in the sense of (it comes to existence), then it became meaning (be) or (becomes).
Among the strange images preserved in t...he Valley of the Kings, a huge black beetle coming out of the sand pulls a glowing ball. Plutarch explains this - without apparently straying from the ancient Egyptian interpretation - and he says: (As for the scarab beetle, it is believed that it has no females and all the scarabs are male, so it places its seed in a grain of material that it forms in the form of a ball and pulls it behind it while it pushes it with its hind legs, simulated by its action. This is the march of the sun from east to west).
Egyptian scarabs were used for general purposes, and they were seals, such as cylindrical seals and buttons of seals in the form of animals and huge golden rings, and if you put a lobe to a ring or necklace, you could seal the stoppers, letters, and latches against the messes of thieves.
They also carried them as protective amulets from evil, as they believed that this insect renews itself. A young Egyptian, who used to worship the sun god Ra among the beetle with a ball, rolls it and drags it behind it, hides it in the sand and then appears as a new creation by celebrating the sun during the night and reappearing in the morning. The ancient Egyptian represented Ra in the day with the sun disk, and represented it in the form of a scarab at night (see picture above).
Among the strange images preserved in t...he Valley of the Kings, a huge black beetle coming out of the sand pulls a glowing ball. Plutarch explains this - without apparently straying from the ancient Egyptian interpretation - and he says: (As for the scarab beetle, it is believed that it has no females and all the scarabs are male, so it places its seed in a grain of material that it forms in the form of a ball and pulls it behind it while it pushes it with its hind legs, simulated by its action. This is the march of the sun from east to west).
Egyptian scarabs were used for general purposes, and they were seals, such as cylindrical seals and buttons of seals in the form of animals and huge golden rings, and if you put a lobe to a ring or necklace, you could seal the stoppers, letters, and latches against the messes of thieves.
They also carried them as protective amulets from evil, as they believed that this insect renews itself. A young Egyptian, who used to worship the sun god Ra among the beetle with a ball, rolls it and drags it behind it, hides it in the sand and then appears as a new creation by celebrating the sun during the night and reappearing in the morning. The ancient Egyptian represented Ra in the day with the sun disk, and represented it in the form of a scarab at night (see picture above).
