Egyptian Winged Scarab Pendants
Overall Size, approx : 18 x 28 x 4mm
Metal : .925 Silver - Solid Sterling Silver
Egyptian Jewelry - Made in the USA
Sold by : Pendant or Necklace

Scarab Symbolism - Called the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground. The Egyptians observed this behavior and equated it with the ball of the sun being rolled across the sky. They confused this balled food source with the egg sack that the female dung beetle laid and buried in the sand. When the eggs hatched the dung beetles would seem to appear from nowhere, making it a symbol of spontaneous creation. In this role it was associated with the sunrise. Khepri was the scarab headed god.