Scarab may refer to:

Beetles

* Scarab (artifact), popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt * Scarabaeidae, the family of over 30,000 species of beetles, often called scarabs or scarab beetles **''

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 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 ...

'', a 1929 book * "Scarab", a song by Northlane from '' Singularity'', 2013 * "Scarabs", a song by Karnivool from ''

Themata The themes or ( el, θέματα, , singular: , ) were the main military/administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. They were established in the mid-7th century in the aftermath of the Slavic invasion of the Balkans and Muslim con ...

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Businesses and organisations

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) Scarab was a professional fraternity in the field of architecture. It was founded in 1909 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the first group of its type for architecture. History Scarab was founded on February 25, 1909, at the ...

, an architectural fraternity at University of Illinois * Scarab, the former name of the video game company feelplus *

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 *

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"

Places

Scarab Bluff Scarab Bluff is a bluff north of Giza Peak overlooking Fossil Bluff hut on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. A small plateau above the bluff contains a permanent melt pool which is a designated biological research site. Named by Unit ...

, Alexander Island, Antarctica *

Scarab Peak Scarab Peak () is a prominent peak, 3,160 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Frustum in the southeast end of Tobin Mesa, the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological S ...

, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Transportation

Aircraft

RAE Scarab The RAE Scarab was a light single-engined single-seat parasol winged modification of the de Havilland Humming Bird, flying in the United Kingdom in 1932. Only one was built. Development The Aero Club of the Royal Aircraft Establishment built ...

, a 1932 British light aircraft *

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 *

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. Vari ...

, an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine

Land vehicles and watercraft

Scarab (boat) Scarab is a brand of high performance power boats formerly owned by Wellcraft and currently by Rec Boat Holdings,Scarab (rover) ''Scarab'' is a 2010 robotic lunar rover prototype designed to assist astronauts take rock and mineral samples. ''Scarab'' is capable of autonomously traversing in dark polar craters using laser mapping to navigate and carries a science payload ...

, a 2010 robotic lunar rover prototype *

Scammell Scarab The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967. These vehicles are often known as "Snub-nose Trucks" or "Snub-nose Lorries" because of the round hood in front of the cab. ...

, a British 3-wheeled articulated lorry tractor unit produced 1948-1967 *

Fiberfab Scarab STM The Scarab STM is a 3-wheeled car designed and manufactured in the United States of America beginning in 1976. History The Scarab STM was manufactured by Fiberfab, a company founded by Warren "Bud" Goodwin. The "STM" in the name stands for "S ...

(Sport Transport Module), an American 3-wheeled car *

Stout Scarab The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. The Stout Scarab is credited by s ...

, a 1930–1940s American minivan * Scarab compact road sweeper vehicle

Other uses

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¤ known as scarab * 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 ...