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5 Historical Photos That Speak Volumes

Japanese listening to the recorded radio broadcast of Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan, August 1945

They had never heard his voice.

Think about that. An emperor—descended, according to tradition, from the sun itself—existed more as a mythic construct than a human figure. And suddenly, on an August day when the world seemed to be cracking open at the seams, his voice came through tinny speakers and battered radios, distorted by static and ceremonial language so archaic that even many native Japanese struggled to parse it.

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The 20 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold — and the Stories Behind Them

Salvator Mundi – Leonardo da Vinci – Sold for $450.3 million (2017)

Salvator Mundi

Painted around 1500, Salvator Mundi (“Savior of the World”) depicts Christ holding a crystal orb. Once lost for centuries, it became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in 2017, purchased by Saudi Prince Badr bin Abdullah on behalf of the Saudi crown prince.

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