[DOC] [TLE] Scarab Beetles as Religious Symbols - Cultural Entomology Digest ... [PAR] Ancient Egypt including Khepri and the pyramids, The scarab and the mummy, ... 
With these talents held in high esteem, beetles were observed to fly in the sky 
and ... beetle symbolism within shamanic cultures; their vivid colors and 
spectacular horns ... Everything has a sacred meaning, as demonstrated by 
Mircea Eliade. [DOC] [TLE] Scarab (artifact) - Wikipedia [PAR] Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt. They 
survive in large ... A scarab was often very light colors. ... Beetles of the 
Scarabaeidae family (dung beetle) roll dung into a ball as food and as a ... the 
mummy's neck with a gold wire and the scarab itself was held in a gold frame. .... 
"Sacred Scarab". [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Scarab Beetle [PAR] Aug 17, 2014 ... Ancient Egypt: the Mythology is *the* most comprehensive site on ... Appearance: 
The particular species of beetle represented in the numerous ancient Egyptian 
amulets and works of art was commonly the large sacred... [DOC] [TLE] Scarabs - Suffolk Gem & Mineral Club [PAR] Scarab is the common name for any of various large, bright-colored beetles of 
which ... In Egypt, an important species of scarab was held sacred by the ancient,
... [DOC] [TLE] scarab - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "black dung beetle", held sacred by the ancient Egyptians, from Middle French. ... 
scarab [Egyptian symbol] | scarabaeus [Latin] | Scarabaeus sacer [species]. [DOC] [TLE] Fantastically Wrong: Why the Egyptians Worshiped Beetles That Eat ... [PAR] Jul 9, 2014 ... There are some 6,000 species of dung beetles found on every continent ... 
scarab beetle, which was worshiped by the ancient Egyptians and villainized ... 
Mine probably would have been a different color, though, because this one ... 
which in the West originated with the ancient Greeks and held sway until... [DOC] [TLE] Scarab dictionary definition | scarab defined - YourDictionary [PAR] the black, winged dung beetle (Scarabaeus sacer) held sacred by the ancient 
Egyptians; an image of this beetle, cut from a stone or gem, often engraved with... [DOC] [TLE] Scarabs - Crystalinks [PAR] The ancient Egyptians sometimes painted or carved scarabs on a deceased 
person's sarcophagus, the human-shaped coffin that held the mummy. ... 
Modeled upon the Scarabaeidae family dung beetle, which rolls dung into a ... 
Most scarabs were made of steatite which was then covered with a turquoise 
colored glaze. [DOC] [TLE] McClung Museum - Egyptian Scarabs [PAR] Ancient Egypt - The Sacred Scarab. ... [McClung Museum], [Ancient Egypt] .... 
They were mostly carved out of steatite and coated in a variety of colored glazes, 
... in the Family Scarabaeidae, but primarily the common Egyptian dung-beetle,... [DOC] [TLE] Scarab: pictures, information, classification and more [PAR] Scarab, common name for any of various large, bright-colored beetles of which 
about ... In Egypt, an important species of scarab was held sacred by the ancient,
... [DOC] [TLE] Sacred Dung Rollers | - Menunkatuck Audubon Society [PAR] Dung beetles belong to the family Scarabaeidae, the scarab beetles. ... Some are 
iridescent, while others can be quite colorful. ... Interestingly, the ancient 
Egyptians' sacred scarabs were dung beetles. ... beetle from a dung ball and held 
the magical scarab beetle as a symbol of spontaneous generation and 
resurrection. [DOC] [TLE] The Scarabaeus of the Ancient Egyptians - JStor [PAR] THEf SCARABAEThUS OF THE ANCIENT ... The early Egyptians were 
surrounded by gods. The sky, the ... Osiris family, introduced probably by the 
Libyan people .... in fire with different colored enamels, usually of a light, ..... 
beetle as sacred and that it was an emblem of the creator ... In opposition to the 
theory held and. [DOC] [TLE] Scarabs : the history, manufacture and religious symbolism of the ... [PAR] by the Ancient Egyptians, and have added much new ... acquire of the Ancient 
Egyptians. ..... which is of a green color, was that which especially ... Thebes. At

Question: This colorful beetle family was held sacred by the ancient Egyptians
Answer: Scarab