In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
What happened to the elgin marbles.
The parthenon marbles also known as the elgin marbles are one of the must see collections held by london s british museum beautiful and iconic they are given pride of place in the museum and considered one of the collection highlights but their situation there is not without its controversies.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
The elgin marbles.
The parthenon marbles greek.
He wanted to save them.
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.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The marbles in london were removed from the parthenon in the first decade of the 19th century under the auspices of thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin and were first exhibited in london in 1807.
He calculated he had spent a total of 74 000 in expenses and bribes more than a million dollars in today s money.
The costs of shipping the marbles were paid out of lord elgin s own pocket.
What is commonly referred to today as the so called elgin marbles.
These are the years that lord elgin was in athens greece as a diplomat.
It all happened sometime between 1801 and 1805.
In 1816 parliament paid 350 000 for the parthenon marbles most of which went to elgin s many creditors and a new home was found at the british museum albeit initially in a shed.
He spent a fortune doing this.
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.