The Ankh was the ancient Egyptian symbol of life. The Scarab was one of the forms their Sun God could take. The Scarab Beetle was often seen rolling a ball of dung across the desert floor (to be used as food for its young). To the Egyptians, this suggested a metaphor for the moments of the sun across the sky, so that the scarab was synonymous with Ra, the Sun God. A Scarab could be shown simply as a winged disc. Together, the Scarab and the Ankh could mean to live beneath the Sun. In other words, to be a human being.

Pewter pendant is 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. Comes on a neck cord with story card.

Scarab - According to ancient Egyptian mythos, the sun (Ra) rolls across the sky each day and transforms bodies and souls. Modeled upon the Scarabaeidae family dung beetle, which rolls dung into a ball in front of itself to lay its eggs, the scarab was seen as an earthly symbol of this heavenly cycle.