...any symbolical figure which recurs so often in Egyptian sculpture and painting as the scarabaeus or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore legs, which some take for a symbol of the world,...

...any symbolical figure which recurs so often in Egyptian sculpture and painting as the scarabaeus or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore legs, which some take for a symbol of the world,...

...any symbolical figure which recurs so often in Egyptian sculpture and painting as the scarabseus or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore legs, which some take for a symbol of the world,...

...figure of a human head, or that of some bird or quadruped, generally painted. They are called Canopi, from a deity of the name of Canfigures are also frequently...forms with its hind legs, and in which it deposits its eggs ; this some have considered to be a symbol of the world instinct with divine influences ; and...

...any symbolical figure which recurs so often in Egyptian sculpture or painting as the scarabceus, or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore-legs, which some take for a symbol of the world,...

...any symbolical figure which recurs so often in Egyptian sculpture or painting as the scarabceus, or beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. He is often represented with a ball between his fore-legs, which some take for a symbol of the world,...