064 Scarab Beetle

Museum Description: Colossal Scarab

Room: 4/Case: None/Number: EA 74

Scripture: Psalms 36:9

The scarab beetle was sacred to the Egyptians for a number of reasons.  Observing the beetles coming out of the sand, seemingly without cause, led the Egyptians to think they could spontaneously generate, creating life.  The theory of evolution is based on a similar premise.  Life supposedly started spontaneously somewhere on earth, or started on another planet and then came to earth on a meteor.  Scarabs are actually dung beetles.  Seeing the beetles rolling around their balls of dung led the Egyptians to think a giant scarab would roll the sun into the sky in the morning, and back down in the evening.  They were also thought to represent resurrection and immortality, so are often found wrapped up in the bandages of a mummy, though not of the same size as the one we see here!