Noun
Alt. of Scarabee
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn 1911, Albert Abraham Michelson discovered that light reflected from the golden scarab beetle Chrysina resplendens is preferentially left-polarized. Source: Internet
The scarab in the shape of a dung beetle would have had cosmological significance in ancient Egypt and many are discovered during the course of archaeological digs. Source: Internet
There were only a few left of his kind and Kriknak didn't want to end his bloodline so he searched for a female Scarab. Source: Internet
Since there are few documents on site with datable contents (such as an Egyptian scarab ) and since no dendrochronology has yet been performed upon the remains here, the events are listed here according to Helladic period material culture. Source: Internet
Tombs also often contained small green amulets in the shape of scarab beetles made of malachite, which would protect and give vigor to the deceased. Source: Internet
In contrast to funerary contexts, some of ancient Egypt's neighbors adopted the scarab motif for seals of varying types. Source: Internet