On 26 September 1687, one of their shells eventually penetrated the roof igniting the cache of gunpowder that the Ottomans had stored in the Parthenon, blowing away the central part of the temple. The Parthenon: the Case of the Controversial "Elgin Marbles"Hera and Zeus on a section of the Parthenon frieze at the British Museum in LondonLord Elgin of Britain, the man who exported Parthenon marbles back to Britain Elgin Marbles, from the east pediment -- in the Duveen Gallery of the Britsh Museumsection of a frieze from the Elgin Marbles inside the British Museum in Londontwo figures thought to be Demeter and Persephone from the east Parthenon pediment, at the British Museumthe casts of the six Caryatid statues, which replaced the originals in 1979, when they were moved to the old Acropolis Museum to keep them from being damaged any further by atmospheric pollution The Parthenon Marbles. The Honourable Lord has taken advantage of the most unjustifiable means and has committed the most flagrant pillages.

For the book, see Encyclopædia Britannica, Elgin Marbles, 2008, O.Ed.Mark Ellingham, Tim Salmon, Marc Dubin, Natania Jansz, John Fisher, Greece: The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, 1992,Chester Charlton McCown, The Ladder of Progress in Palestine: A Story of Archaeological Adventure, Harper & Bros., 1943, p.2Graham Huggan, Stephan Klasen, Perspectives on Endangerment, Georg Olms Verlag, 2005, St Clair, William: Lord Elgin and the Marbles. the New Acropolis museum and the Parthenon marbles - Duration: 10:26. Like the Acropolis Museum, the Marbles in London are housed in a purpose-built room, the Duveen Gallery (Room 18). Their arguments include: They were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Last year it received 1.8 million visitors.For those who want the sculptures back in Athens, the Acropolis Museum’s top-floor Parthenon gallery is the perfect antidote to the dark Duveen gallery in the British Museum.Some 2,500 years after its construction, the Acropolis is viewed as Pericles’ greatest triumph, testimony, say admirers, to his role in the achievements of the Golden Age.But the British prime minister remains an ardent supporter of the sculptures remaining in London contending they were “rescued, quite rightly, by Elgin”.This month his predecessor, Tony Blair, conceded in an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini that the sculptures had been in a box marked “too hot to handle”. 74, (1954), p. 147Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, (Director of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Athens), "Revisiting the Parthenon: National Heritage in the Age of Globalism" in Mille Gabriel & Jens Dahl, (eds.)

In 1833, the Turkish garrison withdrew from the Acropolis. The marbles generally were very dirty ... from a deposit of dust and soot. In Britain, the acquisition of the collection was supported by some,Built in the ancient era, the Parthenon was extensively damaged during the In November 1798 the Earl of Elgin was appointed as "Ambassador Extraordinary and Lord Elgin decided to carry out the work himself, and employed artists to take casts and drawings under the supervision of the The excavation and removal was completed in 1812 at a personal cost to Elgin of around £70,000.The Parthenon Marbles acquired by Elgin include some 21 figures from the statuary from the east and west Elgin's acquisitions also included objects from other buildings on the The parliamentary record shows that the Italian copy of the firman was not presented to the committee by Elgin himself but by one of his associates, the clergyman Rev. The crowds packing in to view them set attendance records for the museum.Prior damage to the marbles was sustained during successive wars, and it was during such conflicts that the Parthenon and its artwork sustained, by far, the most extensive damage. The British Museum lent the figure of a river-god, possibly the river Collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures from the Athenian AcropolisThis article is about the ancient marble sculptures. It opened to the public on 20 June 2009. As a result, visitors are informed on how democratic bodies functioned in the 5th century BC.The installation of the frieze of the Parthenon on the rectangular cement core that has exactly the same dimensions as the cella of the Parthenon enables a comprehensive viewing of the details of the frieze, as one takes the perimetric walk of the Gallery. It also lies over the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. I shall endeavour to remedy this without, however, having recourse to any composition that can injure the surface of the marble.Yet another effort to clean the marbles occurred in 1937–38. The ‘Construction of the New Acropolis Museum’ project was co-financed by the Greek Public (Ministry of Culture) and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund). In the same area are presented ancient marble inscriptions recording detailed cost records of the construction of the Parthenon and the statue of Athena Parthenos. The Pentelic marble mined from The British Museum has responded with the statement that "mistakes were made at that time. As for the Parthenon Sculptures, however, they are split evenly between London and Athens. Studies in Conservation 46(1): 79-80, 2001 J. M. Cook and John Boardman, "Archaeology in Greece, 1953", The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. These include The British Museum, the Louvre, the Vatican collection, and the new Acropolis Museum in Athens.