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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 1 – DISCOVERING BES, ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DOMESTIC GOD
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CHAPTER 2 — ICONOGRAPHY OF PROTECTION
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CHAPTER 3 — BES IN THE HOME, DOMESTIC SPIRITUALITY
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CHAPTER 4 — BES AND CHILDBIRTH
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CHAPTER 5 — MUSIC, DANCE, AND NOISE AS MAGIC
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CHAPTER 6 — BES AND THE BODY, SEXUALITY, FERTILITY, AND VITALITY
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CHAPTER 7 — BES IN MAGIC AND PROTECTIVE PRACTICE
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CHAPTER 8 — FROM HOUSEHOLD TO EMPIRE
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CHAPTER 9 — BES IN LATE PERIOD AND GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT
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CHAPTER 10 — LEGACY OF EGYPT’S MOST HUMAN GOD
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