The Scarab of Wah and Heart Scarab of Hatnofer

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Life is born from pupa that are hatched inside the ball. The likenesses of scarab beetle are found in abundance in Egyptian archaeology. Some are true representations and others are more abstract in nature. Some are inscribed in hieroglyphics and others are more plainly decorated or undecorated.
Many fine collections of scarabs from Egypt exist in collections. One of the most famous scarabs is the Scarab of Wah. The focus of this research will be to gain an understanding of this piece through examination and by comparison to the Heart Scarab of Hatnofer. Both of these scarabs are housed in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, located 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street in New York.

The History of the Scarab in Ancient pre-Egyptian Cultures

The scarab in popular culture is associated most commonly with ancient Egypt. The dung beetle is not only associated with ancient Egypt, but can be found in many other cultures as well. Pendants in the shape of this beetle date ...

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and Southeast Asia [5].The Sumatran Toba believed that the big beetle brought a ball of matter from the sky and formed the world. The Egyptian and Greeks believed that the dung beetle could fly while carrying a ding ball. However this is physically impossible in reality.[5]
Buddhists and Taoists believe that the beetle symbolizes the idea of the work one needs to accomplish on earth in order to attain spiritual immortality . Buddhist ornaments have been found dating back t the 6th century AD. These most closely resemble the one found in Egyptian dating much earlier [6]. There are many other representations existing from that time period and earlier in Japanese culture, and ...

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