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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4359159, member: 2844&quot;]Fern, those Assyrian winged bullmen are among the most impressive ansient sculptures I&#039;ve ever seen. They are huge! Much more so than you would ever think from pictures. And perfectly carved.</p><p><br /></p><p>You probably missed this article:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A new study of 19th-century plaster casts of the controversial sculptures highlight details lost over the past 200 years&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3d-imaging-shows-how-parthenon-marbles-have-deteriorated-over-200-years-180973752/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3d-imaging-shows-how-parthenon-marbles-have-deteriorated-over-200-years-180973752/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...s-have-deteriorated-over-200-years-180973752/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And more information on one of the reasons why there is so much damage:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/british-museums-parthenon-marbles-threatened-by-water-leaks/29212" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/british-museums-parthenon-marbles-threatened-by-water-leaks/29212" rel="nofollow">https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/british-museums-parthenon-marbles-threatened-by-water-leaks/29212</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/14/british-museums-leaking-roof-proves-elgin-marbles-should-returned/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/14/british-museums-leaking-roof-proves-elgin-marbles-should-returned/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/14/british-museums-leaking-roof-proves-elgin-marbles-should-returned/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/08/11/is-it-raining-again-in-the-british-museums-parthenon-gallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/08/11/is-it-raining-again-in-the-british-museums-parthenon-gallery" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/08/11/is-it-raining-again-in-the-british-museums-parthenon-gallery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The fully climatized Akropolis museum in Athens now houses plaster casts of the marbles currently in the BM, along with some original pieces. It is ready to welcome the originals into a protective environment, so what is left of them will be preserved properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362862[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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