Elgin Marbles
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title:
Elgin Marbles
text:
The Elgin Marbles 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 majority of the sculptures were created in the 5th century BC under the direction of sculptor and architect Phidias. The term Parthenon Marbles or Parthenon Sculptures refers to sculptures—the frieze, metopes and pedimen
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description:
Ancient Greek sculptures held in London
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles
date created:
2003-01-23T17:42:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:23:09Z
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