The scarab is among the most important and most beautiful pharaonic symbols that characterized the murals, and decorated them with some pharaonic coffins, and for our time, forms are made of it in the jewelry that many use From the girls, and with the celebrations of the Rams Road, which reviews the ancient Egyptian civilization and its greatness, we must know the symbols of our ancient Egyptians
Archaeological expert and specialist in Egyptology, Dr. Ahmed Amer, said in his speech to “The Seventh Day” that the ancient Egyptians symbolized goodness with “khebar”, which in the ancient Egyptian language means scarab, meaning “that was not”, then this insect that crossed in the Egyptian language became Old for the meaning of “create”.
Consider it a symbol of the Creator God:
He continued, as the ancient Egyptians made its image a symbol of the creator god, who was associated since ancient times with the god of Heliopolis “Atum”, and then with the god “Ra” who was worshiped in the same city later. So they took from him an amulet that protects its owner from evil, and a trick that adorns people.
Put on the chests of the mummies:
Amer pointed out that, since the middle state, they placed it in the chests of the dead after they were mummified to be blessed with it, and the Pharaonic civilization characterized it, and it was mostly made of fiancé, or hard stones, such as granite and basalt, as well as from agate, lapis lazuli, and other semi-precious stones, The ancient Egyptians began to use the scarab as a seal since the end of the ancient state, and engraved on its inside some engraved signs to seal a piece of clay, where they fastened it with a thick thread, tied to it the cover of a pot, box, or papyrus file, so the signs appeared above the surface of the clay to ensure its safety and non-existence. manipulate it.
lucky amulet:
“Amer” continued that since the middle state, the scarab began to be used as an amulet, while some kings of the modern state used it to record some official occasions, such as royal marriage, or going out in hunting processions and so on, as King Amenhotep III, and other kings, and to Besides this, a scarab was used to record a text from the Book of the Dead, and this type is known as “the scarab of the heart”, and it was often placed in the place of the heart in the corpse.
Religious symbol:
The archaeological expert went on to say that this custom has been linked since the Egyptian took the doctrine of “Osiris”, and it was known that the heart is the witness who speaks about its owner before the court of the dead, and that this hadith will send him to heaven or to destruction, and is considered “news” or scarab in The ancient Egyptians looked at the god who created himself by himself, believing that he is male and not female, and his name is identical to the Egyptian word that means “existence.” Beliefs, and in building the thought of the solar religion, as it is linked to the rising sun in the morning.
pharaonic scarab
scarab
