Scarabs are small beetle shaped artifacts that have a design or writing on the other side, and they are found all over Egypt and other places nearby including ancient Canaan. But what were they used for and what do they mean? Archaeologist Gary Urie is conducting his doctoral research on scarabs and talks with Henry about these tiny but important artifacts.
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