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.
The elgin marbles.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
The elgin marbles receive their name from the british lord who craftily spirited them away from greece.
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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 parthenon marbles greek.
The elgin marbles.
The elgin marbles sometimes referred to as the parthenon sculptures are a collection of marble sculptures that originally adorned the top of the exterior of the parthenon in athens greece and.
The display was a sensation attracting a huge number of.
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 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.
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.
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.