8. Fabergé eggs
In 2015, a man desperately in need of money purchased a bunch of metal objects, hoping to sell them for a quick profit. In a pile was an egg that he thought could sell for $500. When he looked up the item online, he was shocked to see a picture of his egg there, in an article in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper describing a “frantic search” for the object
7. Honjo Masamune
Masamune is generally cited as the best swordsmith that Japan had ever seen, and the so-called Honjo Masamune sword is considered his magnum opus. Masamune lived from 1264 to 1343 AD in the Sagami Province of Japan, where he produced arguably the lightest daggers and swords in the world.
6. Treasures of Nimrud
The Assyrian Empire was a significant regional power in Mesopotamia starting in the 2nd millennium and grew more extensive and more powerful until it became one of the world’s earliest empires in the 1st millennium BC.
5. Mask of a Faun
Michelangelo’s “Mask of a Faun” is a marble mask with a storied history and a mysterious end! As you might expect, it starts with Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (or just Michelangelo), who was one of the most revered artists of all time. Famous for painting the Sistine Chapel and carving the renowned statue of David, as a teenager, he was a struggling artist, but he was in the right place at the right time.
4. Amber Room
The ‘Amber Room’ was once one of the most ornate treasures on the planet. It was a room constructed using several tons of amber for Friedrich I, the first king of Prussia who then gifted it to Peter the Great. Over time it was installed in the Catherine Palace in Pushkin.
3. “Fountain”
When the artist Marcel Duchamp unveiled his piece “Fountain,” people were either shocked or confused; it’s just a urinal with somebody else’s signature on it. But Duchamp was trying to make a point about the nature of art. He wanted to tell the world that anything could be art if you thought about it.
2. Florentine Diamond
Some 500 years ago, excavators in a mine in India uncovered one of the most magnificent diamonds the world has ever seen – the Florentine diamond. Once everything was said and done, the find amazed the world. It is a whopping 137.27 carats.
1. Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is arguably the most wanted and sought-after relic on the planet! The Ark of the Covenant is, according to legend, a gold-plated chest that purportedly contains the Ten Commandments, which were inscribed upon by Moses! Some scriptures say it had even more relics, like a rod that Moses’ brother carried with him.
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