Papyrus Painting - Sacred Scarab the Ancient Egyptian Symbols of Rebirth

The scarab beetle is prominent throughout Egyptian mythology.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the young scarab beetles emerged spontaneously from the burrow were they were born. Therefore they were worshipped as "Khepera", which means "he was came forth."  This creative aspect of the scarab was associated with the creator god Atum. The ray-like antenna on the beetle's head and its practice of dung--rolling caused the beetle to also carry solar symbolism. The scarab-beetle god Khepera was believed to push the setting sun along the sky in the same manner as the beetle with his ball of dung. In many artifacts, the scarab is depicted pushing the sun along its course in the sky.  In this papyrus from the left to the right:  hieroglyphics of King Tut, the cobra -  a symbol for various things from early times including: the sun, Lower Egypt, the king and a number of deities including Ma'at and Ra.

*****NOTICE**** Changes implemented by the Ministry of Antiquities requires all papyrus to be inspected by an expert - what this means is that while your order will show as shipped, it may in fact be on hold at the Cairo airport pending inspection. For this reason we are not able to combine papyrus orders with anything else, i.e. papyrus and jewelry, or glassworks etc. If you are ordering something else in addition to the papyrus you must order it separately. We apologize for any delays that may occur, ultimately it is about the preservation of the history of Egypt.

Product Specifications:

Artist:  Gamal

100% Hand Painted

All papyrus paintings are sent with "rough" edges, easily trimmed to fit your framing needs

Sizes are approximate and expressed in inches. One inch = 2.54 cm

40 x 30 cm (16 x 12")     $40.00

We are sorry but Gamal has temporarily halted painting, as soon as he returns we look forward to more of his art.

Please see this link for similar papyrus offered by Khedr.