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Egyptian Scarab Rings : Egyptian Scarab in an 18 Karat Gold Ring
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Egyptian Scarab in an 18 Karat Gold Ring - FJ.5115A
Origin: Israel
Circa: 1600
BC
to 1100
BC
Collection: Egyptian Antiquities
Medium: Steatite and Gold
$3,400.00
Location: United States
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The scarab beetle of ancient Egypt is an emblem
of the creator Kheper. The word “Kheper”
denotes being, existence, creation or becoming
and the god Khepera is the self-existent maker
of all things. By far the most important amulet in
ancient Egypt was the scarab, symbolically as
sacred to the Egyptians as the cross is to
Christians. Based upon the dung beetle, this
sacred creature forms a ball of dung around its
semen and rolls it in a large ball over the sand
dropping it into its burrow. The female lays her
eggs on the ground and covers them with the
excrement ball that is consumed by the larvae
that emerge in the following days as if
miraculously reborn. In the life cycle of the
beetle, the Ancient Egyptians envisioned a
microcosm of the daily rebirth of the sun. They
imagined the ancient sun god Khepri was a great
scarab beetle rolling the sun across the heavens.
The scarab also became a symbol of the
enduring human soul as well, hence its frequent
appearance in funerary art.
- (FJ.5115A)
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