The elgin marbles are british owned purchased by the crown from lord elgin in 1816 and presented by parliament to the british museum.
Marbles greece british museum.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british.
The parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess athena.
Greece 1050bc 520bc.
Mendoni said saturday that the marbles were loot and greece would never recognise the british museum s claim to the friezes.
Advocates of the british museum s position also point out that the marbles in britain receive about 6 million visitors per year as opposed to 1 5 million visitors to the acropolis museum.
The parthenon marbles a major money making display at the british museum have been the subject of an ongoing dispute between greece and the uk.
A section of marble frieze sculpture 438 432 bc from the parthenon in athens part of the collection that is popularly referred to as the elgin marbles at the british museum.
It was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the acropolis of athens.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
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The 2 500 year old sculptures were illegally torn off the parthenon in the 1800s taken to england and sold to the museum in 1816 by lord elgin.
The removal of the marbles to greece would therefore they argue significantly reduce the number of people who have the opportunity to visit the marbles.
The director of the british museum has provoked anger by suggesting the removal of the parthenon marbles from greece in the 19th century could be seen as a creative act.
Graham barclay bwp.
Ian jenkins the parthenon sculptures in the british museum british museum press 2007 ian jenkins greek architecture and its sculpture in the british museum british museum press 2006 mary beard the parthenon profile 2002 william st clair lord elgin and the marbles 3rd edition oxford university press 1998.
Sculptures which form part of the elgin marbles taken from the parthenon in athens greece over 200 years ago on display at the british museum in london england.