Gigantic Moai Statues and Heads in Polynesian Easter Island

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Rapa Nui aka Easter Island is the Polynesian island found in the south east Pacific Ocean. It is famous for the large monumental Moai statues, rock art carvings and paintings with unique motifs. On average, statues stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash.

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Faberge Expensive Easter Eggs

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Faberges works were very expensive. The original pre Bolshevik revolution eggs sell for millions of pounds. The eggs represents a imperial Russia. Tsar Alexander asked Faberge to create an egg each year and his son, the future Tsar Nicholas II., increased order to two eggs a year, one for his wife and one for the mother. The eggs are made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones. The term “Fabergé Egg” has become a synonym of luxury. The largest Fabergé collection outside of Russia is at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond, VA.

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