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decorative scarab
Decorative scarabs made an incredibly common appearance in general Egyptian culture, such as in their clothing, accessories, sculpted/carved artworks, and hieroglyphs.
Scarab beetles, most often the Sacred scarab or other related dung beetles, were of high importance in the culture for several speculated reasons. One reason, for example, is said to be due to the god, Khepri, being a man with the head of a scarab. Khepri had much religious significance, so Scarabs were seen in things such as amulets and seals. The god, Ra, may have also contributed to the popularity of scarab imagery, as he would roll the sun across the sky in a similar manner to dung beetles.
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The following tags are aliased to this tag: scarab_beetle_(decoration), scarab_beetle_(artifact), scarab_beetle_(amulet), egyptian_scarab, scarab_artifact, scarab_decoration, scarab_beetle_artifact, scarab_(amulet), egypt_scarab, scarab_(artifact), scarab_(decoration), funerary_scarab, scarab_beetle_decoration, scarab_amulet, decorative_scarab_beetle, scarab_beetle_amulet (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: scarab_ring, heart_scarab (learn more).
