Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity.
Marbles of the parthenon.
There were originally 115 panels in the frieze.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Not all of the parthenon marbles however survive down to the present day.
Thirty six are in athens fifty six are in the british museum and one is in the louvre.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
The parthenon is a resplendent marble temple built between 447 and 432 b c.
Dedicated to the greek goddess.
During the height of the ancient greek empire.
The elgin marbles sometimes referred to as the parthenon sculptures are a collection of marble sculptures that originally adorned the top of the exterior of the parthenon in athens greece and.
Of these ninety four still exist either intact or broken.