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    Funerary Scarabs and those for the living

    The scarab was the most popular of all amulets and amuletic motifs, especially for the dead but also in the world of the living. Because of the underlying ideas inherent in its shape the scarab form itself offered the hope of new life and resurrection, but these magical properties could be enhanced even further by the inscription, motifs, or pictorial representations added to the flat underside.