This reminded the ancient Egyptians of their god Khepri, who renews the ball of the sun every morning, which is how that dung-rolling scarab became that sacred scarab on the breastplate of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
这让古代的埃及人想起了它们的神赫普里， 他在每天早上都重新点燃太阳的火球。 这就是为什么滚粪便的圣甲虫 变成了图坦卡蒙法老胸甲上的圣甲虫。