scarabs

Examples of scarabs in the following topics:

• Tombs of the Middle Kingdom

  • Other new objects were introduced toward the end of the Middle Kingdom as well, including the first shabtis (also known as ushabtis) and the first scarabs.
  • Scarabs were popular amulets believed to be protectors of written products.
  • The scarab was also used as a holder or medium for personal name seals.
  • A figurine of a scarab would be carved out of stone, and then on the smooth stomach of the scarab, the engraving of a seal was made.
  • Scarabs were often included in tombs along with other burial goods as protectors of written products.

• Free Bug Trackers

  • Scarab is meant to be a highly customizable, full-featured bug tracker, offering more or less the union of the features offered by other bug trackers: data entry, queries, reports, notifications to interested parties, collaborative accumulation of comments, and dependency tracking.
  • You can have multiple "modules" (projects) active in a single Scarab installation.
  • As of late 2004, Scarab was getting close to its 1.0 release.

• Tomb of Ramose

  • The personal possessions in the tomb chamber were Hatnofer's alone, as they were all appropriate for a woman, and included a rich gilded funerary mask , a heart scarab, canopic jars, and papyri.

• Late Egyptian Art

  • The faience sculpture below shows the god Pataikos wearing a scarab beetle on his head, supporting two human-headed birds on his shoulders, holding a snake in each hand, and standing atop crocodiles.

• Architecture of the Middle Kingdom

  • Hieroglyphic and pictorial carvings in brilliant colors were abundantly used to decorate Egyptian structures, and motifs such as the scarab, sacred beetle, solar disk, and vulture were common.

• Ancient Egyptian Art

  • It was often used for jewelry, scarabs, and figurines.