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The British Museum said ‘constructive discussions’ are continuing to be had over the possible return of the artefacts to Greece.
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.
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.
He built the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum to house the Elgin Marbles and funded a major extension of the Tate Gallery. [citation needed] He was also controversial, said to have damaged old masters by 'overcleaning' and his name is associated with the Parthenon marbles 'scouring' scandal. [1]
Swiss Committee the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (Switzerland) International Organizing Committee - Australia- for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles Inc. est. 1981 ( Australia ) The International Association of the Parthenon Sculptures is governed by a charter and only acts based on the unanimous agreement of its members.
Secret discussions have taken place between George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, and Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the contested sculptures.
The pediments of the Parthenon included many statues. The one to the west had a little more than the one to the east. [8] In the description of the Acropolis of Athens by Pausanias, a sentence informs about the chosen themes: the quarrel between Athena and Poseidon for Attica in the west and the birth of Athena in the east.
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