Mae's Real Stories

Scarabs are stones that the ancient Egyptians carved to look like a particular kind of beetle, also called the scarab beetle. Some Egyptian stone scarabs were big and some were very small.

The Egyptians wore and used scarab-shaped amulets to bring good luck. On the flat underside of a scarab the Egyptians wrote various things about the person who was to wear it or the type of luck it would bring. I found this picture showing both sides of an ancient scarab amulet.

Miriam and Alice have a book about projects to do to learn about ancient Egypt. The book told how to make scarabs, and Miriam and Alice made a scarab out of Playdough.