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| Keywords: AncientLapisLazuli.jpg en Top left A specimen of Lapis Lazuli; Lapis Lazuli Persian/Pashto Lājvard is a type of blue semi-precious stone only found in Afghanistan but coveted in the wider world for thousands of years It crops up in the jewellery of ancient Egypt the art of the ancient near east and as far afield as the art of the Italian Renaissance Bottom left Lapis lazuli used in Scarab Pectoral from the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes Anicent Egypt c 1361-52 BC Right Lapis lazuli used in Ram in a Thicket from the Royal Tombs of Ur Sumer Ancient Mesopotamia modern day Iraq c 2600-2500 B C self-made from <gallery> File Tutankhamun scarab1 jpg File Raminathicket2 jpg </gallery> Artacoana Lapis lazuli History of Afghanistan | ||||
