Fragments of history
A fragment from one end of the Elgin Marbles. Between the explosion in 1687, the various instances of looting which led to many of the heads to be broken off and taken home (primarily to Europe), and the damage sustained in removing what was left from the Parthenon, much of this stuff is frankly in pretty poor shape. All of which is deeply sad, as this was a world treasure in every sense of the word.
Fragments of history
A fragment from one end of the Elgin Marbles. Between the explosion in 1687, the various instances of looting which led to many of the heads to be broken off and taken home (primarily to Europe), and the damage sustained in removing what was left from the Parthenon, much of this stuff is frankly in pretty poor shape. All of which is deeply sad, as this was a world treasure in every sense of the word.