Britain may be losing its marbles over brexit.
The case of the parthenon 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 marble decorations have long been removed stolen looted damaged and marred by pollution.
When the parthenon was built between 447bc and 432bc three sets of sculptures the metopes the frieze and the pediments were created to adorn it.
Following years of deconstructing the british museum s arguments for retaining the ancient greek sculptures in london and cultivating a favourable public.
These pages contain detailed information on the parthenon elgin marbles together with the case for their return to athens greece.
What are the parthenon marbles.
London march 17 2015 independent balkan news agency by thanasis gavos the end of march will signify a potentially major shift of the basis on which the parthenon marbles reunification case has been developing.
The parthenon marbles greek.
They belong to the temple built to honor athena for all that she meant to athens and the rest of the world.
Hera and zeus on a section of the parthenon frieze at the british museum in london.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
Bruce probably died without ever reaching this essential insight and distinction.
May be forced to return the parthenon marbles and many other antiquities to their.
Of these the metopes and the frieze were part of the structure of the parthenon itself.
As part of negotiations with the european union the u k.
The site of the british committee for the reunification of the parthenon marbles.
At the time greece was under the control of the ottoman empire which was headquartered in constantinople now istanbul in turkey.
Approximately half of the parthenon marbles are in london at the british museum and half are in athens at the acropolis museum.
This argument is based on the assertion that lord elgin committed an illegal act when he removed the sculptures from the parthenon and exported them to britain in the early 1800s.