Sculptures of people or animals, usually made from stone, metal, or other hard materials, created to represent or honor someone or something.
From Old French 'statue,' derived from Latin 'statua,' which comes from 'statuere' meaning 'to set up' or 'to erect.' The Romans called these permanent representations statues because they were literally set up in public places.
Statues are basically how ancient people made things permanent—before cameras and videos, if you wanted someone to remember a hero forever, you carved them in marble! That's why the oldest statues still standing today are thousands of years old.
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