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Temple of minerva elgin marbles.
The elgin marbles many of the beautiful aspects of this temple are no longer at the ancient site.
Of commons respecting the earl of elgin s.
The marbles taken by lord elgin more than 200 years ago when greece was part of the ottoman empire represent about half the sculptures that once adorned the parthenon temple.
Elgin s agents in athens had not only taken vases and statuettes but also erected scaffolds around the building of the parthenon.
The elgin marbles from the temple of minerva at athens.
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Of commons respecting the earl of elgin s.
On sixty one plates selected from stuart s and revett s antiquities of athens.
The marbles are beautiful friezes and sculptures that once adorned the parthenon on the acropolis of athens built between 447 and 438 b c.
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The elgin marbles from the temple of minerva at athens.
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On sixty one plates selected from stuart s and revett s antiquities of athens.
But how did the parthenon lose its marbles.
The elgin marbles from the temple of minerva at athens.
The parthenon temple on the acropolis of athens the elgin marbles are the most famous exhibit in the british museum in london england.
To which are added the report from the select committee to the house of commons respecting the earl of elgin s collection of sculptured marbles and an historical account of the temple.
Antiquities stuart james 1713 1788.
Thomas bruce who was the 7 th earl of elgin was a scottish ambassador to the ottoman empire.
The turks allowed him to take many ancient artifacts to england in the 1800s where they remain to this day.
Of commons respecting the earl of elgin s.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
The elgin marbles from the temple of minerva at athens.
The parthenon marbles greek.
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The elgin marbles from the temple of minerva at athens.
On sixty one plates selected from stuart s and revett s antiquities of athens.
They stripped the erechtheium and the temple of victory and took away one of the caryatids.
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.