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The Elgin Marbles (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / ELG-in) [1] [2] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.
What are the Elgin Marbles? The Elgin Marbles were created between 447 and 432 B.C. as architectural decor for the Parthenon—the temple of the Greek goddess Athena—on the Acropolis in Athens.
The British Museum said ‘constructive discussions’ are continuing to be had over the possible return of the artefacts to Greece.
The marble statues came from friezes on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple and have been displayed at the British Museum for more than 200 years.
Articles relating to the Elgin Marbles and their depictions, a collection of sculptures and other parts of the Parthenon (and other sacred and ceremonial structures built on the Acropolis of Athens) taken by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, while Greece was under Ottoman rule, and sent to Britain.
Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from their place high atop Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation, and has called for their return.
List of transportation of the Elgin Marbles. The Mentor made three such journeys in 1802. The Mentor was a brig bought by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, in order to transport antiquities from Athens. [1] The cargo included a significant number of sculptures from the Parthenon. [2] [3] [4]
The British Museum has said it continues to have “constructive discussions” over the possible return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece after 200 years.