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  1. Today I spent some time working on this magnificent little lapis lazuli Bes amulet at Manchester Museum - the intensity of the colour of the lapis lazuli is just gorgeous, and he still has remnants of gold leaf on his head 😍

    #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #MacroPhotography #TinyEgypt #LapisLazuli #Bes

  2. This week's #TinyEgyptTuesday is a 3.4 cm faience amulet of a composite deity, with the body of #Bes, a ram's head and horns (#Amun ...?) and the wings of a falcon (#Horus) down his back, now in the Garstang Museum of Archaeology in #Liverpool. Composite image made from 27 photos using focus stacking and exposure bracketing #TinyEgypt #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #Photography #MacroPhotography