Pediments are large triangular shaped niches, which contained impressive sculptures, located high up on top of the Parthenon. One pediment is located on the east side of the building and another ...

Trustees of the British Museum Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon at the British Museum. In the 19th Century, the British Ambassador Lord Elgin was granted ...

East pediment statues from the Parthenon in the British Museum (photo ... the original color and about 25% of the original stone. A reconstruction, he explained, would allow the museum to present ...

Visitors look at the marble statues from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display at the British Museum in London, Jan. 8, 2015. Greece is renewing a bid to seek the return of ancient ...

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to ...

Without surrounding buildings for scale, it can be hard to understand the monumental proportions, until you enter the Naos, the east ... original Parthenon marbles that embellish its pediment ...

"Now we need to address certain other areas such as the west pediment," she said. For visitors to the hill-top citadel, the project means a crane, which has been parked in front of the Parthenon ...

The classical marble statues were made between 447BC and 432BC to decorate the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens. Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the ...