[verum ago]

it looks more like a depiction of a dragon with an energy beam trying to destroy it.

FTA:
Further analysis at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland revealed that the scarab, crafted from carnelian, depicted a griffin or a winged horse galloping

...I do like your theory better though. Much more exciting. Of course, a winged horse might've been the laser dragon of 800 BC...

If time travel is possible, I wanna go back and ambush an ancient Chinese or Egyptian squad in full view of a bunch of witnesses with flash bangs and an M-16 (bayonet and weapon light mounted), while wearing pink crocs, bell bottoms, a fluorescent green safety jacket, a gas mask, and a santa cap.

Imagine the subsequent depictions that archeologists would find and contort themselves into knots trying to come up with a mythology to explain it...

[algore]

Yeah, but it might not be fun.

A guy I know tried that once.

https://archive.org/details/TheMonolithCDAudio/06.+MONOLITH+2738+Excalibur.mp3

get some good headphones, or if you have a car/home stereo with a decent sub it is well worth your listen