Khepri
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Khepri is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life.
A pectoral with three scarab beetles attached to a necklace. The jewelry was discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The scarabs, which represent Khepri, are each pushing a sun.
Painting of Khepri in QV66, the entrance to the tomb of Nefertari.
A depiction of Khepri with the upper body of a winged scarab and the lower body of a male human.
Nun, god of the waters of chaos, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra, who is represented by both the scarab and the sun disk, into the sky at the beginning of time.
Scarab (artifact)
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Scarabs are amulets and impression seals shaped according to the eponymous beetles, which were widely popular throughout ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers today, and through their inscripti
Khepri
…day as the god of the morning sun. Khepri was depicted as either a scarab holding aloft the sun disk or as a human male with a scarab for a head. The scarab amulets that the Egyptians used as jewelry and as seals allude to Khepri and the newborn sun. The beetle carvings became so common that excavators have found…
Lapis lazuli scarab belonging to Sithathoriunet with the name of Amenemhat III, 1887–1813 BC, MET
Group of scarabs, MET
Faience pectoral scarab with spread wings and bead net, Royal Pump Room, Harrogate
Ancient Egyptian amethyst scarab