Project Gutenberg 2008-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 193 Myer, Isaac 1836 1902 Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Produced by Jeannie Howse, R. Cedron, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe http://dp.rastko.net "Scarabs" by Isaac Myer is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the historical, manufacturing, and religious significance of the scarab beetle in ancient cultures including Egypt, Phoenicia, and Etruria, focusing on its symbolism related to resurrection and immortality. The text seems aimed at readers interested in archaeology, ancient religions, and the cultural practices surrounding death and the afterlife. The opening of the book serves as an introduction to the scarab as a significant religious symbol in ancient Egyptian thought, where it represented concepts of rebirth and the afterlife. Isaac Myer discusses the origins and development of the scarab’s symbolic importance, noting examples from ancient texts and archaeological findings that illustrate its role in funerary practices and beliefs about the soul's journey after death. He also plan to examine how the idea of the immortality of the soul predates many known historical accounts, laying the groundwork for an in-depth analysis of the scarab's multifaceted symbolism and its lasting influence on later cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Symbolism Egypt -- Religion Scarabaeus DT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Ancient 305880 301040 2024-09-11T06:35:26.094483 2023-09-11T09:52:37.039514 text/html text/html 291508 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 89157 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141186 2024-09-11T06:35:34.708441 application/epub+zip 142839 2024-09-11T06:35:28.286469 application/epub+zip 142841 2024-09-11T06:35:27.024491 application/epub+zip 277549 2024-09-11T06:35:38.592436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238902 2024-09-11T06:35:33.505431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272196 2022-09-12T05:57:59.553032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200849 2024-09-11T06:35:24.715510 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200502 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=utf-8 75586 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 200580 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75479 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200735 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75352 2021-01-03T17:45:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21520 2024-09-11T06:35:38.734408 application/rdf+xml 8172 2024-09-11T06:35:27.429480 image/jpeg 2312 2024-09-11T06:35:27.225472 image/jpeg 130010 2024-09-11T06:35:26.115466 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog