Which god was the personification of the sun at dawn, often depicted as a scarab beetle? Khepri was that god.
Khepri was the ancient Egyptian deity of the rising or morning sun. He was often represented as a scarab beetle or as a man with a scarab's head, sometimes holding the sun disk above him. His name derives from an Egyptian verb associated with coming into existence, developing, or being created, making him a natural symbol of renewal.
Egyptian solar theology commonly treated the sun's daily journey as a cycle of changing forms. Khepri represented the morning sun, Ra the sun at midday, and Atum the evening sun. These were not always separate, competing gods; they could be understood as manifestations or aspects of the solar deity.
The scarab's symbolism came from the beetle's habit of rolling dung balls across the ground. Egyptians associated that movement with the sun's journey across the sky and with the mysterious rebirth of life each morning. Scarab amulets became widespread as jewelry, seals, and protective objects. Khepri is therefore not simply a beetle god: he embodies creation, resurrection, and the sun's daily rebirth.