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The Elgin Marbles have been displayed in the British Museum for nearly two hundred years, and for just as long they have been the center of a raging controversy.

Stealing Athena by Karen Essex: Book summary 2010
From the collections of Morozov and the Steins, to the Elgin Marbles of empire, and grave robbers from around the world.

July 2008 2008
The Elgin Marbles were removed from the Parthenon temple by Scottish diplomat Lord Elgin in the 19th century, when Greece was still an unwilling part of the Ottoman empire.

After 1,500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer 2008
Athena, about the controversial Elgin Marbles, will be published by

Karen Essex biography 2008
The $190 million building is where Greece hopes one day to display the Elgin Marbles beside the other Parthenon sculptures.

After 1,500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer 2008
The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon.

Dress Sense 2007
"Although the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum is not guaranteed ..."

It's House Matthew Guerrieri 2007
The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon.

Dress Sense 2007
The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon.

Dress Sense 2007
Likewise, Keats takes the Elgin Marbles not as evidence of everlasting

The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece 2006