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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Kenya Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 60

 Kenya Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.
 By Aamir mannan.

The last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, reportedly dissolved a single pearl (said by Pliny to have been worth 10 million sesterces, the equivalent of thousands of pounds of gold) in a glass of wine and drank it - simply to win a wager with Roman leader Marc Antony that she could she could give the most expensive meal ever provided and consume the wealth of an entire country in just one meal.


With many natural oyster beds lying along the Persian Gulf, the Arab cultures also placed a high value on pearls, which are described in the Koran as one of the greatest treasures provided in Paradise.







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