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"I am a person frozen in stone or metal forever. I was once invisible inside a block of rock. I outlive the sculptor who found me. What am I?"
Answer
A Statue
Explanation
Michelangelo famously said he could see the statue within the marble and simply removed what did not belong. A statue — whether carved from stone or cast in metal — often outlasts its creator by centuries.
This is an easy riddle in the History category — Riddles about ancient civilisations, invention, and mythology.
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