A strange paradox: the Black Oil Beetle is toxic to the touch, yet completely harmless when left alone. Its shiny body and ...

A 44-year-old candidate defies the norms 13 Dog Breeds That Need a Job to Be Happy Expert reveals how Iran's missiles may have been hacked mid-flight over Israel Archaeologists discover mysterious ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

When curator of Egyptian archaeology Nir Or Lev began his role at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, he wasn’t just focused on the glorious past -- he was thinking about the future. His vision: was to get ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets ...

Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection was designed to reference ancient Egyptian gods His 17-piece Transcendence series is currently on show at Galerie Gastou during trade fair PAD Paris.

Toddler Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Egyptian Amulet While Hiking With Her Family in Israel The 3-year-old picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that dates back to the Middle Bronze Age ...

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.

An ordinary family trip turned extraordinary when a 12-year-old girl found what turned out to be an ancient Egyptian amulet dating back 3,500 years.

The Egyptian word for this sacred beetle, scarab, comes from the verb meaning “to form” or “to be created,” according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.