Scarab

3,000-year-old scarab found in Israel during school field trip

The seal appears to depict the bestowing of legitimacy on a local ruler, a scene experts say matches the geopolitical reality in the area during the Late Bronze Age, when the Canaanites were ruled by Egypt.

November 30, 2022

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