The parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess athena.
British mueseum marbles.
Unfortunately the parthenon marbles in the british museum have been known by many as the elgin marbles.
The british museum says it will never return the elgin marbles defending their removal as a creative act hartwig fischer s statements are already drawing international backlash.
The elgin marbles refer to a collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details dating back to the fifth century bc which are currently kept in the british museum london.
British museum gallery with the elgin marbles codycross.
The temple s great size and lavish use of white marble was intended to show off.
It was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the acropolis of athens.
The parthenon marbles in the british museum are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures depicting scenes from greek mythology that were originally part of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
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Julian spalding the former head of glasgow sheffield and manchester museums agreed that the british museum should give the elgin marbles back because they re an intrinsic part of one the.
The british museum has vowed to fight off any attempt by the eu to take back the elgin marbles during brexit talks as it said they were acquired completely legally.
The director of the british museum has appeared to rule out returning the elgin marbles to greece after its government demanded britain open negotiations over their return last year.
The removal of the marbles to greece would therefore they argue significantly reduce the number of people who have the opportunity to visit the marbles.
The british museum is prevented by uk law from returning the marbles although the labour leader jeremy corbyn has said he would repatriate them if his party were elected.
Advocates of the british museum s position also point out that the marbles in britain receive about 6 million visitors per year as opposed to 1 5 million visitors to the acropolis museum.