Fabergé eggs are the most expensive Easter eggs in the world. Only a few dozen of them were created. Each of them is worth from several hundred thousand to even one hundred million dollars. The famous Easter eggs were produced in the studio of the legendary Carl Fabergé, the tsarist jeweler, desig
If there was a ritual associated with the consumption of wine in Greece, it was the symposium. It was the time for drinking and chatting among the guests - only men - after finishing the main meal (deipnon ). At the end of the meal, the servants cleared the tables, decorated the guests with ivy crow
The New Year begins on January 1st. This is a fact for us and is not least reflected in the balance sheets of the fitness studios every year. But once you start thinking about this inevitable fact, you realize just how random this date actually is. The turn of the year could just as well take place
After the death of Nicholas IV, in April 1292, the conclave met to elect the new Pope but the College of Cardinals, made up of 12 members, was divided among the supporters of the Orsini and the Colonna , which made it impossible for any of the candidates proposed by each of the factions to outnumbe