The 7th-grade boys have been studying Egyptian scarab beetles in their ancient history class with Mr. Rohrer.

The 7th-grade boys have been studying Egyptian scarab beetles in their ancient history class with Mr. Rohrer. Can you decode what these students have written on their scarabs?

In ancient Egypt, scarabs were used for a variety of reasons:

-To commemorate significant moments like marriages and births
-For official business like contracts, business deals, and treaties
-For royal communication from the pharaoh
-For protection when worn around the neck
-To guard a mummy in the journey to the afterlife, scarabs were wrapped in the mummy where the heart had been