While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

Since the symbol is connected to the Egyptian pantheon, the scarabs symbolize the concept of existence, growth, and new life. Additionally, this beetle was seen as a sign of a divine creator ...

Amulets carved in the shape of a dung beetle, called scarabs, were common in ancient Egypt. The dung beetle was “considered sacred” and was “a symbol of new life” and “the embodiment of ...

The colourful wall paintings depict some of the gods. The beetle or scarab represents the Egyptian god Khepri. Students could write a diary entry from the perspective of Howard Carter on the day ...