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Philippines Green Scarabs Jewel Beetle Bug - Salaguinto

Philippines Green Scarabs Jewel Beetle Bug - Salaguinto

Scarabs—the family of beetles to which jewel scarabs belong—were revered by ancient Egyptians as a symbol of the resurrection and the enduring human soul. T...
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Scarabs—the family of beetles to which jewel scarabs belong—were revered by ancient Egyptians as a symbol of the resurrection and the enduring human soul. The dung beetle came to represent the Egyptian morning sun god, Khepri, who was believed to roll the sun across the sky like the scarab beetle rolled a ball of dung across the sands. Depictions of this sacred symbol can be seen throughout Egyptian antiquity, including in jewelry. Though not directly associated with these treasures, the gemlike beauty of the Eygptian scarab’s New World cousin, Chrysina, is what led them to be called “jewel scarabs.”
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