Question: what are elgin marbles and their history?
Answer: The Elgin Marbles are sculptures from the Parthenon… … a marble frieze temple (aka a Doric temple) on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, built in 447–432 BC and dedicated to the goddess Athena. The temple was “the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the Acropolis of Athens,” the British Museum explains.