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Sunday, 29 March 2026
16 facts about Fabergé egg
16 facts about Fabergé egg
The most expensive Easter eggs in the world
Fabergé eggs are the most expensive Easter eggs in the world, studded with jewels, hiding equally expensive surprises inside. The idea to create them ...

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Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx is a monolithic sculpture in Giza, Egypt.
It is located adjacent to the three great pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos.
Lady with an Ermine
Da Vinci placed an ermine in the portrait alongside Cecilia, which served as an allegory of purity, innocence, and restraint in Renaissance art.
The ermine was also associated with chivalric culture and was sometimes depicted in medals. The imag ...
Amish
Differences in appearance and dress.
While the Amish are characteristically dressed in plain and simple clothing and the men wear their c ...
Mona Lisa
After a five-day exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery, the painting was taken to Rome to the Borghese Gallery and then to Milan to the Brera Gallery, from where it returned to Paris by train.
Peruggia explained his act as a desire to return Leonardo's work to his homeland. He became a hero in the eyes of the Italian public.
Ballet
Over the centuries, not only the art of ballet has changed, but also the costumes.
The reformer of the women's ballet costume is considered to be Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, a fam ...
The Scream by Edvard Munch
Munch also created a lithographic stone.
It shows the 1895 version of the painting. Only a few of Munch's prints have survived.Most of the existing prints were made without Munch's knowledge by a printer during the artist's absence.
Kayan
Kayan women have deformed necks and very weak muscles as a result of wearing rings.
Many of them refuse to remove them, treating them as an integral part of the body. The few who decid ...
The Scream by Edvard Munch
"The Scream" evokes a sense of fear and dread of what is about to happen.
It frightens the sensitive viewer, and this fear is heightened by the author's use of vivid, bright ...
Mona Lisa
In 2005, an expert from the Heidelberg University Library discovered a note stating that Leonardo was working on a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.
The note was made in 1503, in the margin of a book written by Cicero. Book belonged to Agostino Vespucci, a Florentine chancellery official, clerk, and assistant to Niccolò Machiavelli.
Lady with an Ermine
The Lady with an Ermine is one of only four surviving portraits of women painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
The others are: Portrait of Ginevra Benci - the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the United St ...