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.
To je stare Egipćane podsjećalo na njihovog boga Kheprija, koji obnavlja sunčevu kuglu svakog jutra te je tako kotrljan koji kotrlja izmet postao sveti kotrljan na grudobranu faraona Tutankamona.