The parthenon marbles greek.
The elgin marbles.
At its broadest the term elgin marbles refers to a collection of stone sculptures and architectural pieces which thomas bruce seventh lord elgin gathered during his service as ambassador to the court of the ottoman sultan in istanbul.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
The new acropolis museum in athens is a 200 million 226 000 square foot state of the art rebuttal to britain s argument for keeping the elgin marbles.
Greece on saturday urged britain to return the parthenon marbles often known as the elgin marbles as one of the world s greatest ancient sites the acropolis re opens after the coronavirus.
The display was a sensation attracting a huge number of.
The elgin marbles.
Thomas bruce the 7th earl of elgin and ambassador to the ottoman empire occupiers of greece in the early 19th century grew to admire the parthenon s extensive collection of ancient marble sculptures and began extracting and.
The elgin marbles a collection of stone sculptures and inscriptions more properly known as the parthenon sculptures was acquired by lord elgin in athens greece between 1801 and 1805 and today lives in london s british museum.
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They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.