Indian and German researchers have identified six new scarab beetle species from India's biodiverse regions. The Zoological Survey of India, collaborating with Museum A. Koenig, discovered these ...

The doors are now open to our brand new family gallery. It has been designed to help imaginations run wild, it is a space where anything is possible. In partnership with illustrator Becca Hall, the ...

The scarab, shaped like a dung beetle, was regarded in ancient Egypt as a symbol of creation, renewal, and the divine. It was believed to be a representation of the Creator God and had a powerful ...

The family handed the scarab ... Museum. Because they mistakenly believed the beetles could spontaneously reproduce, they also connected the bugs with the primary god of creation. In the Egyptian ...

What they found was either an Egyptian or Canaanite scarab, which bears some explaining. The English word scarab doesn’t only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative ...

The scarab’s name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr," which means ... They were also used for security, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said. “The Egyptians did not have locks and keys ...

Ziv, from Moshav Ramot Meir, discovered the ancient artifact—shaped like a dung beetle, a symbol revered in ancient Egypt—during a casual family trip. Scarab seals ... 15 years with Tel Aviv ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive ...

Patrick Bringley stars in a version of his book, which tells how the Metropolitan Museum’s works of art helped him work through grief. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we ...