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He refers to a cleaning in the 1930s that removed the brown sludge from the elgin marbles.
Head of parthenon restoration project.
At its broadest the term elgin marbles refers to a collection of stone sculptures and architectural pieces which thomas bruce seventh lord elgin gathered during his service as ambassador to the court of the ottoman sultan in istanbul.
The elgin marbles.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
In 2004 art critic andrew graham dixon told the bbc.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Director british museum.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The elgin marbles a collection of stone sculptures and inscriptions more properly known as the parthenon sculptures was acquired by lord elgin in athens greece between 1801 and 1805 and today lives in london s british museum.
Marbles reunited campaign.
M uch has been written in the last few years about the parthenon sculptures.
The marbles depicting gods men and monsters were removed from athens parthenon in 1811 by lord elgin the british ambassador to the ottoman empire that controlled greece at the time.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
In 1801 thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin and british ambassador to the ottoman empire removed antiquities from turkish occupied athens.
The age old controversy surrounding the elgin marbles is likely to re emerge this year when the olympics take place in athens.
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.
2004 the elgin marbles drama documentary hosted by andrew graham dixon published by bbc in 2004 english narration.
