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Sacred dung-beetle in Ancient Egypt

2013-08-26 15:26:54 (читать в оригинале)

Many more animals, birds and fishes were regarded as sacred in Ancient Egypt, but one of them, the sacred dung-beetle, scarabaeus, or, for short, scarab, deserves special mention. The Egyptians noticed an interesting detail in the behaviour of this beetle. At a certain season it rolls a ball of dung and pushes it in some hole. [...]