How could we resist showing you another Egyptian skyline when it looks as good as this? In the foreground is the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest and most spectacular of them all, and the final remaining Wonder of the Ancient World. Before it, and perfectly aligned as if it had been positioned there as a guard, is the Sphinx. Note how perfectly it lines up with the center of the Pyramid. That's no accident; the Ancient Egyptians were skilled with geometry and knew exactly what they were doing when they positioned it.
The sky is the real star of the show though. The photo has been taken as the sun is going down in Cairo, and the Pyramid seems to filter and split the light, turning it into individual beams which shine across the sky. With views like this, it's easy to understand why Giza was such a sacred and special place to the people of the time.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.