Elgin’s workmen removed a total of 15 metopes from the Parthenon. They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids (female sculptures ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display ...

While Lord Elgin had received the necessary permit to look for and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is unclear whether he had permission from the Ottomans to remove them from the ...

And on the inside, there was a representation ... between the architectural form and the human form. Q: The sculptures within the Parthenon also seem to clearly pay tribute to the human form.

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return. https://p.dw ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. These include about half of the surviving fragments of ...