Scarab (artifact)
Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. They ...
, popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt
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Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
, the family of over 30,000 species of beetles, often called scarabs or scarab beetles
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Scarabaeus sacer
''Scarabaeus sacer'', common name sacred scarab, is the type species of dung beetles in its genus and the family Scarabaeidae.
Taxonomy
''Scarabaeus sacer'' was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of '' Systema Naturae'', the st ...
'', common name Sacred scarab, sacred to ancient Egyptians
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Scarab (comics), a number of different comic book characters
* ''Scarab'' (video game), a 1997 first-person shooter
* ''Scarab'', a fictional dinghy in Arthur Ransome's children's novel ''
The Picts and the Martyrs
''The Picts and the Martyrs'' is the eleventh book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1943. This is the last completed book set in the Lake District and features the Blackett sisters, the Amaz ...
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The Scarab Murder Case
''The Scarab Murder Case'' (1929) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in part ...
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* "Scarab", a song by Northlane from '' Singularity'', 2013
* "Scarabs", a song by Karnivool from '' Themata'', 2005
Businesses and organisations
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Scarab (constructor)
Scarab was an all-American sports car and open-wheel race car constructor from the United States featuring cars designed and built by Tom Barnes and Dick Troutman for Reventlow Automobiles Inc, owned by Lance Reventlow. The Chevrolet 283 CI V-8 e ...
, defunct all-American sports car and open-wheel race car constructor
* Scarab (fraternity), an architectural fraternity at University of Illinois
* Scarab, the former name of the video game company
feelplus
Feelplus Inc. (株式会社フィールプラス Kabushiki gaisha Fiirupurasu) was a Japanese video game developer and a subsidiary of AQ Interactive. The studio was conceived by Microsoft Game Studios specifically to aid Mistwalker in video game ...
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Scarab Club
The Scarab Club (commonly referred to as ''Historic Scarab Club of Detroit'') is an artists' club, gallery, and studio in the Cultural Center Historic District of Detroit, Michigan, located at 217 Farnsworth Street, near the Detroit Institute of A ...
, an artists' club, gallery, and studio in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
* Scarab Productions, a film, television and new media production company
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Scarabbean Senior Society The Scarabbean Secret Society, with members known as “Scarabs,” is an honor society at the University of Tennessee. The group, established in 1915, has operated largely in secrecy despite being either wholly or partly responsible for many even ...
, an organization at the University of Tennessee whose members are called "scarabs"
Teledyne Ryan Scarab
The Teledyne Ryan Model 324 Scarab is a jet-powered reconnaissance UAV developed in the United States in the 1980s for sale to Egypt. The Scarab is a medium-range reconnaissance asset, similar in operational concept to the old Ryan FireFly UAVs, b ...
, a jet-powered reconnaissance UAV developed in the United States in the 1980s for sale to Egypt
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Warner Scarab
The Warner Scarab is an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine, that was manufactured by the Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan in 1928 through to the early 1940s. In military service the engine was designated R-420.
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, an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine
Land vehicles and watercraft
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Scarab (boat)
Scarab is a brand of high performance power boats formerly owned by Wellcraft and currently by Rec Boat Holdings,Scarab (rover), a 2010 robotic lunar rover prototype
* Scammell Scarab, a British 3-wheeled articulated lorry tractor unit produced 1948-1967
* Fiberfab Scarab STM (Sport Transport Module), an American 3-wheeled car
* Stout Scarab, a 1930–1940s American minivan
* Scarab compact road sweeper vehicle
Other uses
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Currency sign (typography)
The currency sign is a character used to denote an unspecified currency. It can be described as a circle the size of a lowercase character with four short radiating arms at 45° (NE), 135° (SE), 225° (SW) and 315° (NW). It is raised slightly ...
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* Scarab SS-21, NATO term for the Russian OTR-21 ''Tochka'' tactical ballistic missile
* "Scarab", a disc golf putter by
Infinite Discs
Infinite Discs is an American disc golf equipment retail company based in Logan, Utah. The company also maintains a disc golf scorekeeping app, a course directory, a round tracking website, and a line of discs.
History
The company was found ...
