When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who ...

The English word scarab doesn't only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative sculptural jewelry based on ...

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan inadvertently discovered an ancient scarab amulet dating back 3,800 years in Beit Shemesh. The ...

In ancient times, this area was known as Nubia or Kush. Following the Egyptians' takeover of the ... of entheseal change were presumably high-status individuals who worked in bureaucracy and ...

For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich – but the burials at a site called Tombos don’t ...

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 ...

A young girl found an ancient seal carved with a scarab beetle on a family outing to the Tel Azekah archaeological site, near ...

More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the ...

Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because ... “Sometimes, they bear symbols and messages that reflect religious beliefs or status.” Nitzan discovered the scarab during a family ...

New findings from the Tombos archaeological site in Sudan have challenged long-standing beliefs about the ancient Egyptian ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan stumbled upon the 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip with family to the archaeological site ...