waxworks
Popular amusement form consisting of wax sculptures and figures, usually of famous or infamous people. The display of wax figures dates to ancient cultures. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all used wax models of gods and ancestors, primarily for funeral processions. Wax votives appeared during the ... ...
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