Atop the tomb chest lie detailed alabaster effigies of the King and Queen, crowned and dressed in their ceremonial robes.

The stone effigies of Robert and his wife, Margaret Peverel, lie in the gatehouse chapel of Merevale Abbey, near the village of Atherstone.

Life-size effigies of Lord and Lady Norreys lie beneath an elaborate canopy supported by marble pillars and they are surrounded by kneeling figures of their children.

Eye has a historic small church with a square tower and some wonderful effigies ; beside it is Eye Manor, noted for its fine decorated plaster ceilings.

During excavations, more than 7, 000 objects were found, mostly offerings including effigies, clay pots in the image of Tlaloc, skeletons of turtles, frogs, crocodiles, and fish, snail shells, coral, some gold, alabaster, Mixtec figurines, ceramic urns from Veracruz, masks from what is now Guerrero state, copper rattles, decorated skulls and knives of obsidian and flint.

Elizabethan tomb effigies of Sir Richard Lee ( died 1591 ) and his wife in St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell, Shropshire

Interesting features include the woodwork of the screen, the 15th century font, Elizabethan altar rails, Jacobean pulpit, and an early 17th century monument to a man and his wife ( recumbent effigies on a tomb-chest ).

There are also medieval table tombs with effigies of Knights, including John de Clinton.

Traditionally, in the weeks running up to the 5th, children made " guys "— effigies supposedly of Fawkes — usually made from old clothes stuffed with newspaper, and fitted with a grotesque mask, to be burnt on the 5 November bonfire.

: M a late derivation of the multi-lobed Viking pommel type, found frequently on tomb effigies during 1250-1350 in southern Scotland and northern England, but with few surviving examples

The effigies of many of the kings and queens are on their tombs, but during the French Revolution, these tombs were opened by workers under orders from revolutionary officials.

Shuster's idea was probably influenced by Mexican cartonería ( papier-mâché sculpture ), especially the effigies exploded during the burning of Judas that takes place on Holy Saturday or New Year's Eve, as a way of ridding oneself or one's community of evil.

Josephus notes that while Pilate's predecessors had respected Jewish customs by removing all images and effigies on their standards when entering Jerusalem, Pilate allowed his soldiers to bring them into the city at night.

In Newport, on August 27, a crowd built a gallows near the Town House where they carried effigies of three officials appointed as stamp distributors: Augustus Johnson, Dr. Thomas Moffat, and lawyer Martin Howard.

Most issues carry the standard obverse design as used on contemporary British coins, such as the effigy of HM The Queen by Raphael Maklouf between 1990 and 1997 and the later design by Ian Rank-Broadley since 1998, but special effigies have also been used on occasion.

His funeral and burial on 22 June at Thetford Priory were said to have been ' spectacular and enormously expensive, costing over £ 1300 and including a procession of 400 hooded men bearing torches and an elaborate bier surmounted with 100 wax effigies and 700 candles ', befitting the richest and most powerful peer in England.

The effigies are burnt on bonfires in the evening.

On Christmas Eve, groups of people or children carry effigies of Olentzero around on a chair through the streets, singing Olentzero carols and collecting food or sweets ( not unlike the American trick or treat ) and the traditions surrounding the holiday of Santa Ageda in the Basque Country where oles egitea " asking for alms " is practised.

In January 1215 William Marshall ( who is buried in the nave next to his sons, under one of the 9 marble effigies of medieval knights there ) served as a negotiator during a meeting in the Temple between King John and the barons, who demanded that John uphold the rights enshrined in the Coronation Charter of his predecessor Richard I. William swore on behalf of the king that the grievances of the barons would be addressed in the summer, leading to John's signing of Magna Carta in June.

The golden effigies of the kings perched on the top of stone monoliths, the guardian deities looking out from their sanctuaries, the wood carvings in every place — struts, lintels, uprights, tympanums, gateways and windows — all seem to form a well-orchestrated symphony.

* Temasek's 2006 acquisition of Shin Corporation, owned by the family of then Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was particularly controversial, with protestors burning effigies of Lee and Ho on the streets of Bangkok.

Each Letter Person also had an accompanying song ( available on 8-track cartridge and vinyl record ), and inflatable vinyl effigies in two sizes ( 12-14 inches or 30-inch " life-size ") known as a " Huggables ".

In the Christian Middle Ages, high-status graves are marked on the exterior, with tomb effigies or expensive tomb stones rather than by the presence of grave goods.

Caesar reports that some of the Gauls built the effigies out of sticks and placed living men inside, then set them on fire to pay tribute to the gods.

Political effigies serve a broadly similar purpose on political demonstrations or annual community rituals such as that held in Lewes, on the south coast of England.

The term gisant ( French, " recumbent ") is associated with the full-length effigies of a deceased person depicted in stone or wood on church monuments.

The Bread and Puppet Theater participates in parades including Fourth of July celebrations, notably in Cabot, Vermont, with many effigies including a satirical Uncle Sam on stilts.

To honor Marapu, the Sumbanese put effigies, called Marapu statues, on stone altars where they lay their offerings in the forms of Sirih Pinang ( a dish containing betel leaves, nuts and lime ) and sacrificial cattle.

Standing isolated on a grassy knoll and surrounded by a ha-ha, St. Mary's Church contains the Knightley family tombs including effigies of the 16th century Sir Richard Knightley and his wife Jane.

Two effigies of ecclesiastical figures of the late 13th or early 14th century period are mounted on either side of the east window.

The building also houses two 13th century effigies, thought to be those of a later Lord Robert of Ewyas and his half-brother Roger de Clifford ( d. 1286 ), and carved stone roof bosses.

They were created in wood, engraved bone, and cloth and depicted puma and jaguar effigies, incense burners, carved wooden hallucinogenic snuff tablets, and human portrait vessels.

Belief in kobolds dates to at least the 13th century, when German peasants carved kobold effigies for their homes.

Surviving examples of Germanic effigies, such as the phallic idol recovered in a bog in Broddenbjerg, Denmark, show that amongst some of the continental Germanic peoples at least, religious idols were naturally human-like wooden shapes that had been roughly carved to make their appearance more humanlike.

Monumental brass is a species of engraved sepulchral memorial which in the early part of the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies carved in stone or wood.

When they returned, they became so enraged they cut off his arms and legs ( this is why most effigies of Maximón are short, often without arms ).

Henry's body was evidently well-embalmed, as an exhumation in 1832 established, allowing historians to state with reasonable certainty that the effigies do represent accurate portraiture.

The church contains some unique alabaster effigies, church monuments and unique medieval wood carving, such as the Tree of Jesse.

In 1997 and 1998, protesters were arrested after effigies were burned.

However, the mood turns sour when a lunatic begins a series of malicious pranks including poison-pen messages, obscene graffiti, the destruction of a set of proofs and crafting vile effigies.

It has been conjectured that the golden spheres were originally three flat yellow effigies of byzants, or gold coins, laid heraldically upon a sable field, but that they were converted into spheres to better attract attention.

Specifically Tyrnavos holds an annual Phallus festival, a traditional " phallkloric " event in which giant, gaudily painted effigies of phalluses made of papier maché are paraded, and which all women present are asked to touch, or kiss, their reward for doing so being a shot of the famous local tsipouro alcohol spirit.

This rustic town celebrates Carnival by burning colorful effigies and dressing in carefully crafted, home-made costumes.

The masks of Lazarim are effigies of both men and women, but both roles are performed by men.

The events start with the building of a huge barrel and end with its burning together with the effigies of the Carnival King and Queen.

He was buried with Elizabeth ; they can be found today, under their effigies in his chapel.

The two alabaster effigies were notable for having their right hands joined.

It is a custom for the Tibetans to burn effigies of Chinese leaderships during the anniversary of the exile of their leader to India.

When Redgrave was nominated for an Oscar in 1978, for her role in Julia, members of the Jewish Defense League ( JDL ), led by Rabbi Meir Kahane, burned effigies of Redgrave and picketed the Academy Awards ceremony to protest against both Redgrave and her support of the Palestinian cause.

Rather than be buried with her husband Ralph ( who was not buried with his first wife, though his monument has effigies of himself and his two wives ) she was entombed next to her mother in the magnificent sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral.

Prehistoric earthworks by mound builder cultures are common in the Midwest, but only in southern Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and small parts of Minnesota and Illinois exist mounds in the shape of mammals, birds, or reptiles, known as effigies.

The monument contains with 206 mounds of which 31 are effigies.

Human sacrifice once abolished is typically replaced by either animal sacrifice, or by the " mock-sacrifice " of effigies, such as the Argei in ancient Rome.

The Lamas, as professing Buddhists, could not condone blood sacrifices, and they replaced the human victims with effigies made from dough.

This replacement of human victims with effigies is attributed to Padmasambhava, a Tibetan saint of the mid-8th century, in Tibetan tradition.

Yuchi people made effigies of the Horned Serpent as recently as 1905.

In North India, the tenth day, signifying Rama's victory in his battle against the demon Ravana, is celebrated as Dussehra-gigantic straw effigies of Ravana are burnt in designated open spaces ( e. g. Delhi's Ram Lila grounds ), watched by thousands of families and little children.