Elgin marbles
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Riders in a Procession to the Acropolis, part of the sculptures known as the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, by the Greek sculptor Phidias (490–430 BC).
Collection of ancient Greek sculptures, including the famous frieze and other sculptures from the Parthenon at Athens, assembled by the 7th Earl of Elgin. Sent to England 1803–1812, and bought for the nation in 1816 for £35,000, they are now in the British Museum. Greece has repeatedly asked for them to be returned to Athens.
In 1999, a British parliamentary committee was investigating the possibility of returning the marbles to Greece.
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