Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 12 No. 1, 2008.
Pregledni rad
Scarabaeus sacer L., 1758 (Scarabaeidae, Col.) from deity to realty
Branko BRITVEC
; Dugi dol 51, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The ancient Egyptians paid particular respect to one dung beetle, Scarabaeus sacer. The Franch resercher Cambefort (1987)suggests that it was the scarab that gave to the Egyptians the idea of mummification. Like the scarab’s nest resembled the burial chamber in which the pupa/mummy awaits its solar „resurection”, the Egyptians were believed that the dead into mummies awaits
its solar resurection, too. In second part it is studied the existence of sacre scarab in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
Scarabaeus sacer; mummies; resurection; existence; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
35836
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.7.2008.
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