During a recent family trip to Tel Azekah in Israel, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan discovered an ancient scarab amulet from 3,800 years ago while strolling along a path. Credit: Emil Aladjem/IAA via Pen ...

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The family brought in the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient amulets and seals, analyzed the amulet before declaring it a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab from t ...

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Canaanites were an ancient civilisation with strong ties to Egypt – and scarabs, designed to look like dung beetles, were used as seal imprints and amulets, which are objects typically worn for ...

Daphna Ben-Tor, a curator for Egyptian archaeology at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem whose expertise involves ancient amulets and seals, determined that the small treasure originated in the Middle ...

Ziv Nitzan was on a hike with her family when a rock on the ground caught her eye. But when the 3-year-old girl picked up the small stone and cleaned it off, she realized it was no ordinary rock.