[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

They have also found the scarab, which bears the cartouche of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III... Scarabs were common charms in ancient Egypt, representing the journey of the sun across the sky and the cycle of life.
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I know I’m pretty off topic, here, but isn’t the scarab a dung beetle?

Would you believe that I found one of those suckers at my back door (in the deep South)? NO, NOT kidding. Still have him preserved with the roll of poop (or mud) he was hauling. I’ve wondered it they have been imported.

[brityank]

I know I’m pretty off topic, here, but isn’t the scarab a dung beetle?

Wikipedia does have its uses!

Scarabaeidae

Many scarabs are scavengers that recycle dung, carrion, or decaying plant material. Others, such as the Japanese beetle are devastating agricultural pests.

[brityank]

Even better:

Scarab (artifact)

Modeled upon the Scarabaeidae family dung beetle, which rolls dung into a ball for the purposes of eating and laying eggs that are later transformed into larva, the scarab was seen as an earthly symbol of this heavenly cycle. This came to be iconographic, and ideological symbols were incorporated into ancient Egyptian society.

[SunkenCiv]

You are correct, the scarab beetle is a dung beetle.