Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
Marbles of the parthenon.
Thirty six are in athens fifty six are in the british museum and one is in the louvre.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
During the height of the ancient greek empire.
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.
Dedicated to the greek goddess.
Of these ninety four still exist either intact or broken.
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 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.
There were originally 115 panels in the frieze.