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The sacred scarab had what kind of spiritual effect upon ancient Egyptians?

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One such ball-roller is the sacred scarab ( Scarabaeus sacer ), a black scarab beetle of the Mediterranean region. In ancient Egypt the periodic appearance of this beetle in great numbers on the surface of the Nile mud led men to associate the sacred scarab with resurrection and immortality.

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