of mystical power. Faoul spent the next twenty years in search of the ruby, not realizing it had returned to where he had found it. Eventually, the Elementals sent N'Kantu, the Living Mummy to fetch the ruby. The ruby changed hands a number of times after N'Kantu recovered it, going from the Living Monolith, a thief named Daniel "the Asp" Aspen, the Elementals, and an extra-dimensional traveler named Hecate. Meanwhile, Dr. Faoul continued searching until his death. As his dying act, he requested his son Mehemet to continue his quest. Mehemet Faoul Mehemet received from his father the strongbox in which he had kept the Ruby Scarab. Inside was the costume he had worn as the Scarlet Scarab, a journal of his exploits, and a photo of the ruby. Mehemet considered it his duty to continue his father's quest, searching for years as his father had. Finally, Mehemet came to the gem's final resting place. Holding the ruby, he gained the powers of the Scarlet Scarab, and set out to become Egypt's new champion. One of his goals was the protection of Egypt's priceless ancient artifacts. In one mission to recover some stolen artifacts, the Scarlet Scarab encountered Thor, who mistook his intentions and the two fought to a standstill. Powers and abilities Abdul and Mehemet have superhuman strength and durability, the ability to fly at high speeds, the ability to fire concussive bursts of mystical energy, and the ability to sap the power from others on contact. Abdul needed to maintain contact with the Scarab to use its power. In other media Television May Calamawy stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Moon Knight (2022) as Layla El-Faouly, an archaeologist and adventurer who is Marc Spector's wife. El-Faouly's backstory is based on Marlene Alraune, Spector's wife in the comics, who was changed from Caucasian to Egyptian at the suggestion of lead director Mohamed Diab, and is also the daughter of an archaeologist murdered by one of Spector's associates. El-Faouly becomes the Scarlet Scarab in the sixth episode, "Gods and Monsters", after accepting to be the temporary avatar of the Egyptian goddess Taweret, with this name being confirmed by Marvel.com following the episode's release. Diab noted he had not connected her to that character from the comics, explaining, "Sometimes Marvel picks a name and then gives it to the character that is developed." He pointed out that at the