They are calledscarabs. And they were sacred to the Egyptians.
a scarab beetle is more egyptian then a egyptian cobra
that the worshipper really likes it and if it's that sacred they will sacrifice the beetle for medicine or they migh eat it!
That will be a SCARAB beetle
Sacred beetle is a Egyptian pantheon who is called "Khepri". "Khepri is associated with the dung beetle (kheper), whose behavior of maintaining spherical balls of dung represents the forces which move the sun. Khepri gradually cameto be considered as an embodiment of the sun itself, and therefore was a solar deity. To explain where the sun goes at night, such pushing was extended to the underworld, Khepri's pushing of the sun being ceaseless."
Scarab.
The dung beetle (scarab) was called Khepri.Scarab beetle
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The dung beetle or scarab
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The sacred insect in Egypt was the scarab, or dung beetle. It was used for amulets and was related to their religion.