Height: 10 cm

Scarab: 4,5 cm x 3,3 cm

Material: bronze-colored metal

In ancient Egypt, the scarab was the symbol of the creative forces of the rising sun. Scarab is actually the name of a group of scarab beetles. They collect manure from horses and camels, which are much undigested fibers. There they run balls where they lay their eggs. The manure balls, which are made by the beetles and further rolled, were, because of the round shape has also been associated with the sun, and therefore with Chepri. Khepri was the god of the rising sun as it were every day created a new sun. The scarab was considered a sacred animal in Egyptian mythology. In hieroglyphics, the scarab is depicted as arise, create or transform.