Question

what purpose do the status and monuments serve? write on the basis of not marble nor the gilded monuments

Answer 1

time will never destroy but monuments are destroy by the time of period

Answer 2

The rich and the powerful  people believe  that the future generations would remember  the through these statues and monuments. It is a natural human tendency to some how  survive even after one's death. Moreover  , these statues  and monuments are a symbols of these powerful people's magnificence