Monuments With culture being the manner in which a way of life is transmitted to future generations, the written word and graphics as an effective means were augmented by two categories of monuments -- secular and religious. The former commemorate the standout individuals and events of a particular generation. In times of struggle, a general or political leader might well be memorialized. In other periods, builders of a society might be cast in bronze or chipped from stone. A monument may express adherence to an ideal; witness the Statue of Liberty off the tip of Manhattan. The Eiffel Tower was named for its builder and to this day architects, engineers and politicians hasten to have their names engraved upon the cornerstones of monumental structures! The Washington Monument, Eiffel, CNN and other high towers found lifting equipment a necessity -- in the construction phase -- and, thereafter, when the monument's height provides a panoramic view. Whereas a builder in our time may place his name upon a monumental building -- Chrysler or Trump -- such structures in history were also named for individuals, locations or functions -- consider the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World -- soaring structures, including: the Pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar; the Great Pyramid of Khufu with the Sphinx; the Colossus of Rhodes; the 40-foot-high statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia; the Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (75 feet above the ground and irrigated by screws lifting water from the Euphrates!