Elgin’s workmen removed a total of 15 metopes from the Parthenon. They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids (female sculptures ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

While Lord Elgin had received the necessary permit to look for and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is unclear whether he had permission from the Ottomans to remove them from the ...

Progress in the negotiations for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was reported at a recent conference organized by the Greek community at the London School of Economics ...

Q: Then is the Parthenon, the building itself, almost akin to a sculpture? Hurwit: Yes. The Parthenon is a sculptor's building in many ways. We are told that Pheidias was the general overseer of ...

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return. https://p.dw ...

The museum’s aim is to eventually reunite the original elements of the Parthenon compositions. With South Metope IV, a left hind leg represents a first step. The Hunt explores art and ancient ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. These include about half of the surviving fragments of ...