A copy of the Hebrew Bible the size of a pinhead has gone on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
The so-called Nano Bible is the smallest version in the world.
It consists of over 1.2 million letters carved on a gold-plated silicon chip by engineers using an ion beam.
The "book" is being exhibited as part of events marking the Museum's 50th anniversary.
The hi-tech creation is being housed in the museum's Shrine of the Book, home to the Dead Sea Scrolls - the oldest copies of Biblical texts ever found.
Dr Adolfo Roitman, curator at the Shrine of the Book, spoke to BBC News about how the microscopic Bible was created.
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