The most impressive pediment sculptures that are part of the Elgin Marbles come from the east side and illustrate reactions to the birth of Athena. According to myth, Athena was the daughter of ...

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of ... also known as the Elgin Marbles. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham ...

Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, is a character for the ages. She brought a smallpox vaccine to the Middle East, negotiated with Napoleon and helped her husband make off with the marbles of ancient ...

The Parthenon Sculptures — or Elgin Marbles ... back of the pediment statues too. Nice, I love a bit of drama! Good, well there are also 21 sculptures from the temple's east and west pediments ...