The scarab or scarab[1] is a green ceramic vine shaped like a dung beetle that the ancient Egyptians used to make for decoration.[2][3][4]  She rolls them in front of her and collects them in her burrow, then feeds on them and stores her eggs in them.  The ancient Egyptians called it Kheperar.  When writing began to appear, its image was used to write a complex word, which is the verb “khabar,” meaning (to come into being), then it came to mean (to be) or (to become).

Among the strange images preserved in the Valley of the Kings is a huge black beetle emerging from the sand dragging a glowing ball.  Plutarch explains this - without seeming to deviate from the ancient Egyptian interpretation - by saying: (As for the scarab beetle, it is believed that it has no females and all scarabs are males. So it places its seed in a grain of material that it forms in the form of a ball and drags it behind it while pushing it with its hind legs, simulating its action.  This is the path of the sun from east to west.

Egyptian scarabs were used for general purposes. They were seals, such as cylinder seals, animal seal buttons, and huge golden rings. If a bezel was placed on a ring or necklace, it could be used to seal the stoppers of vessels, letters, and latches against the tampering of thieves.

They also carried it as amulets to protect against evil, as they believed that this insect renews itself.  Like the ancient Egyptian who worshiped the sun god, Ra, between that beetle with a ball, it balled it up and dragged it behind it, disappearing with it in the sand and then appearing as if it were a new creation by celebrating the sun during the night and its reappearance in the morning.  The ancient Egyptian represented Ra during the day with the disk of the sun, and represented him in the form of a scarab at night