10 Intriguing Stories Surrounding The World’s Tallest Statues

(via Listverse) Statues immortalize important moments in history, represent a central belief or celebrate a major accomplishment. Statues have been around for a long time and many ancient statues still stand tall today, including the Moai of Easter Island, the Lamassu statues on the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis and the Leshan Giant Buddha in China. These historic statues each have their own unique story to tell, as do the more recently built ones on this list.