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Parthenon Marbles

Parthenon Marbles

I took this photo from the British Museum, because it describes how the Parthenon marbles ended up in London. The museum in Athens is a wonderland with great pr...
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I took this photo from the British Museum, because it describes how the Parthenon marbles ended up in London. The museum in Athens is a wonderland with great presentation of all their objects.
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Canon DIGITAL IXUS 85 IS

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 500 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 6200/1000

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upload_date

Dec, 2017

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Awards

Peer Award

Lord Elgin is not well-liked in Greece, needless to say! Especially when he accepted "permission" to cut the pieces off the Parthenon from a foreign invader.

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