The need for their reunification with the other 40 in athens is a cultural imperative professor dimitrios pandermalis stressed.
Aegean marbles british museum.
The elgin marbles are british owned purchased by the crown from lord elgin in 1816 and presented by parliament to the british museum.
File hermitage director mikhail piotrovsky center left and british museum director neil macgregor attend the opening of the exhibition on greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god ilissos in front in the hermitage in st.
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.
Unfortunately the parthenon marbles in the british museum have been known by many as the elgin marbles.
Lord elgin began negotiations for the sale of the collection to the british museum in 1811 but negotiations failed despite the support of british artists after the government.
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Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
When the marbles were shipped to england they were an instant success among many who admired the sculptures and supported their arrival but both the sculptures and elgin also received criticism from detractors.
The 2 500 year old sculptures were illegally torn off the parthenon in the 1800s taken to england and sold to the museum in 1816 by lord elgin.
The marble friezes that are on display at the british museum make up approximately 60 of the total remaining sculptural material.
Greece on saturday urged britain to return the parthenon marbles often known as the elgin marbles as one of the world s greatest ancient sites the acropolis re opens after the coronavirus.
The british museum has consistently refused to return the priceless marbles.
The parthenon marbles a major money making display at the british museum have been the subject of an ongoing dispute between greece and the uk.
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