Deloitte published their assessment of Rome's 2000 year-old Colosseum, which could well cost from $250 million to $1 billion to build today.  You can  read the details here , but, ta-da, it is worth $79 billion.  It would rank   #14 in the current list of world billionaires . There are moments and experiences, says Mastercard, that are priceless, but many famous historical artifacts are also in that category, especially those of Leonardo da Vinci. Some of his works do have known values.  A prominent one, and most expensive art piece ever sold, is  Salvator Mundi,  which was bought by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman in 2017 for $450 million, some say as a gift to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and today has a value closer to $500 million, or half a billion dollars. To the right is how the Leonardo pictured Jesus Christ, but it is still not clear if he finished it in the 1490s while working in Milan on  The Last Supper , or in Florence after 1500 while painting the  Mona

Passover this year began on Saturday evening, March 27, and will end April 4, Easter.  Holy Week: This is Palm Sunday, the day in 30AD or 33AD when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey. Why Palm Sunday and why a donkey?   His supporters laid palm branches on the ground, and a donkey symbolized peace ( a horse...war ).  Some of these branches are then ritually burned on Shrove Tuesday to make the ashes for the next Ash Wednesday ( meaning March 22 next year ), the first day of Lent, which goes on for 46 days, as Sundays don't count.   Which means once/week on that day you don't need to fast , or can smoke, if that's what you gave up.   Ash Wednesday and Fridays are particular days of fasting and abstinence, but only for those of 18-59. In general, fasting means eat less, not don't eat. Snacking is not allowed. Abstinence has nothing to do with sex, it mostly means no meat, although fish is okay.  Apparently, there is some leeway for crustaceans if this is not enjoyed gust