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The amaravati sculptures have also been called the elliot marbles on account of their association.
Unfortunately the parthenon marbles in the british museum have been known by many as the elgin marbles.
The elgin marbles are british owned purchased by the crown from lord elgin in 1816 and presented by parliament to the british museum.
When the marbles were shipped to england they were an instant success among many who admired the sculptures and supported their arrival but both the sculptures and elgin also received criticism from detractors.
Lord elgin began negotiations for the sale of the collection to the british museum in 1811 but negotiations failed despite the support of british artists after the government.
The british museum would in turn begin to justify its possession of the marbles by positioning itself as preservers of the sculptures which the ottomans had taken to grinding up for limestone.
More recently the institution has gone on to argue that it sheltered and preserved the marbles from environmental damage as the parthenon was.
On december 5 the british museum announced that it would loan a piece of the elgin marbles to the state hermitage museum in st.
The elgin marbles on display at the british museum in london mr dowden s letter seen by the sunday telegraph comes after a summer of cultural clashes over britain s colonial past.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
Greece s government says the sculptures were stolen from athens in the 19th century and should be returned.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
The amaravati collection sometimes called the amaravati marbles is a series of 120 sculptures and inscriptions in the british museum from the amaravathi mahachaitya in amaravathi guntur in the indian state of andhra pradesh the amaravati artefacts entered the museum s collection in the 1880s.