“You give back the Elgin Marbles, does France have to give back ... A test run to recreate the head of the horse which once pulled the moon goddess Selene’s chariot along the Parthenon frieze ...
From 1807, Elgin exhibited the marbles that had arrived in Britain ... along with the head of a horse from Selene’s carriage. The artist, Archibald Archer, included himself in the painting ...
Charles Byrne, born in 1762, standing at approximately 7 feet, 5 inches tall was hailed as the tallest man in the world. He ...
Elgin sold the marbles to the British government ... The heads of a youth, a bearded man and a horse were reunited with the sculptures on display at the Acropolis Museum. A year earlier, the ...