In the 18th century, archaeologist Louis-Francois-Sebastien Fauvel competed with Lord Elgin for the Parthenon Marbles, pieces of which he eventually took back to his native France. Millions of words have been written about the so-called “Elgin Marbles,” the Parthenon sculptures taken by Lord Elgin from Greece before the War of Independence. The world-famous ancient sculptures, […]
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