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Beetles in Stone: The Egyptian Scarab by William A. Ward is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Beetles in Stone: The Egyptian Scarab about?
The male beetle makes a ball of dung to be buried just under the surface and used later as a food supply. To roll this food supply to where it will be buried, the beetle balances on its rear legs, using the front and middle pair to push the ball. Photograph by '' Commoners as well as kings inscribed their names and titles on scarabs that were sometimes used as seals. To the left is a scarab naming "The Steward Khnumhotep" of the Middle Kingdom and, to its right, one naming King Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Note the V-shaped markings called the humeral callosity on the wing cases of the Eighteenth Dynasty scarab, a typographical feature that was not used before that time. It does not appear, of course, on the Middle Kingdom scarab. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Daphna Ben-Tor, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Who reads Beetles in Stone: The Egyptian Scarab?
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- Author
- William A. Ward
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)