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Ian Jenkins of the British Museum has just written a new book about the portion of the Parthenon sculptures located there.
The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum
Author: Ian Jenkins
Publisher: British Museum Press
ISBN: 0714122610
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Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 29/11/2007
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The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum by Ian Jenkins
The British Museum does not, of course, own all the surviving sculptures from the Parthenon, but only those given by Lord Elgin. Nearly half still remain in Athens. Many others have been destroyed by explosion, iconoclasm and other misfortunes. What this book illustrates, therefore, is a fragment of a fragment.
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