Egyptian Scarab - Rebirth and Transformation

by Deborah DeLisi

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Egyptian Scarab - Rebirth and Transformation

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Deborah DeLisi

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Digital Art

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Before man learned about words and letters, he used different drawings and pictures to communicate stories and narratives to other people.
In Egypt, scarabs buried their dung balls containing eggs in the ground. In the ball, the beetle experienced vital changes, passed through various life stages and ultimately was born anew from the ball. Egyptian priests thought that sun also went underground at night, and what happened to the sun in the ground was not essentially different from scarab metamorphoses. At the end of the day, the sun enters into the ground as does the scarab and his ball, resulting in regeneration at dawn. Egyptian priests further developed their beliefs: "If the humble scarab and the glorious sun can be reborn from the ground, after suffering death and undergoing mysterious transformations, why should not this be possible for human beings?" The symbol for rebirth, or resurrection, was the scarab, and the winged version of this was buried with mummies to go into the underworld with them, to ensure resurrection in the next life.

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December 1st, 2024

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