Scarabs

Here is the Met's explantion for why ancient Egyptians were obsessed with dung beetles:

The scarab was shaped like a dung beetle, scarabaeus sacer, which is also the source of its modern name. The dung beetle was "kheperer" in ancient Egyptian. Having watched the small creatures push huge balls of dung, the ancient Egyptians compared the sun being pushed into the sky at dawn to the beetle, and they referred to the rising sun as "Kheperi." The word for "to become" or "come into being" was "kheper," and the beetle hieroglyph was used to spell all of these words. As such, the scarab became a powerful amulet for rejuvenation in this life and reincarnation in the next. 

This is the sema-tawy, the symbol of the unification of Egypt. These are all images of the under sides; the tops are all shaped like beetles. I love them because they can be almost anything.

Here we have Ramesses IV riding a chariot and trampling an enemy.

Here's one the Met doesn't attempt to explain.

Two goddesses with lions' heads

Wonderful little things.