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Elgin Marbles
ancient sculpture taken from the Acropolis of Athens to England in 1806 by Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin. The PARTHENON frieze by PHIDIAS and sculpture from the ERECHTHEUM are on view at the British Museum.


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Inventing Assyria: exoticism and reception in nineteenth-century England and France. ; The Art Bulletin Bohrer, Fredrick N.; 06-01-1998

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Books: Whose marbles are these? Even books about the Elgin Marbles are not clear cut, says Noel Malcolm ; The Sunday Telegraph NOEL MALCOLM; 12-14-1997

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Book: They lost their marbles, he lost his nose ; Independent on Sunday JOSEPHINE BALMER; 12-28-1997

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`Elgin' Biography Has No Nose for News ; Newsday Richard Eder; 12-04-1997

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Playing for All the Marbles: Greece, Britain Battle for Antiquities ; The Christian Science Monitor Alexander MacLeod, Special to The Christian Science Monitor; 06-25-1998

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Reform overdue says lord ; The Nelson Mail (Nelson, New Zealand) COURTNEY David; 05-18-1999

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The Arts: Cleaning `scarred' Elgin Marbles British Museum kept `act of artistic vandalism' secret for more than 60 years, writes Nigel Reynolds ; The Daily Telegraph NIGEL REYNOLDS; 06-08-1998

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Why there's no place like home for Lord Elgin's looted treasure ; Independent on Sunday Neal Ascherson; 12-07-1997

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Greek Statues ; Morning Edition (NPR) Michael Goldfarb, Alex Chadwick; 06-23-1998

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