Possible Clues:

• School friend from Ireland with Black Beetle
• Mark rating an insect
• Vehicle lapped by another, but only one a Beetle
• Two kings abducted from military quarters, written about for 'The Talisman'
• Beetle in Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Small vehicle, a black Beetle?
• Beetle may mark the seaman, luckily (6)
• Beetle to leave a lasting mark on a bee
• Carving in an Egyptian tomb
• Luxor Temple sculpture