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Stuff the British Stole is a television documentary series which premiered in 2022. [1] A co-production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the series is hosted by Australian journalist Marc Fennell, and delves into various controversies around historically and culturally significant objects that were taken by the United Kingdom during its ...
The Elgin Marbles (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / ELG-in) [1] [2] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.
Dorothy King, The Elgin Marbles (Hutchinson, January 2006) Mary Beard, The Parthenon (Profile Books, 2004) Jeanette Greenfield, The Return of Cultural Treasures (Cambridge University Press 2007) Ian Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (British Museum Press, 2002) William St Clair, Lord Elgin and the Marbles (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Swiss Committee the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (Switzerland) International Organizing Committee - Australia- for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles Inc. est. 1981 ( Australia ) The International Association of the Parthenon Sculptures is governed by a charter and only acts based on the unanimous agreement of its members.
The story is told in dual narratives from the points of view of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, who assisted her husband, British ambassador Lord Elgin, in removing the marbles, and Aspasia, mistress to Pericles, who witnessed the construction of the Parthenon. Published by Doubleday, June 2008. [1]
Wahoo: The Marble Board Game. The classic multi-player marble board game for fans of Parchisi, Aggravation®, Trouble®, Sorry®, and Ludo! By Masque Publishing
He continued to appear as a series regular until the series finale in 1989. For the 1991 miniseries continuation, the role of Adam Carrington was recast with Robin Sachs as Thomson was unavailable. In the 2017 reboot of the series, Sam Underwood played Adam from 2019 to 2022. The addition of Adam to the cast provided a male villain to the show.
Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will be based on Rick Riordan’s second book in his series, The Sea of Monsters. In the novel, Percy embarks on a dangerous journey to rescue Grover ...