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    The Parthenon Marbles Dispute Several art museums around the world have been created with the sole purpose to culturally enlighten and entertain us. An appropriate example is the local Nelson Atkins Museum‚ right here in our own backyard of Kansas City‚ where collections from Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ and Japan increase our understanding and appreciation for different geographical regions. In England‚ the British Museum is arguably one of the best in the world at displaying this kind of internationalism

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    and longstanding disputes is between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles. In the 19th century‚ Lord Elgin removed Marble sculptures from the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens and sold them to the British Museum where they have been on display since. Arguments of both legal and moral standing have been put forward by both parties‚ in regard to where the Marbles

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    The Home of the Parthenon Marbles The Parthenon Marbles are national treasures of Greece and many years ago‚ were maliciously stolen by Lord Elgin‚ a corrupt business man‚ for his own personal gain. With aid of enemies of Greece and with the full knowledge of the crime Brittan refused to relinquish the stolen property to its rightful owner. The greed and corruption of England has allowed for the long-term confinement of a Greek monument within the dark and winding halls of a dusty British museum

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    British Parthanon Marbles

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    the Parthenon Marbles‚ also known as the Elgin Marbles‚ from Lord Elgin on July 11‚ 1816 through an Act of Parliament (1). The Parthenon marbles consist of 115 panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens (2). The legal circumstances surrounding Lord Elgin’s removal of the marbles is questionable

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    Christine Nguyen Mrs. Chau-Lee English H P.5 3 October 2014 Should She Return It? What would you do? If you lost something valuable you borrowed from your friend and you bought a replacement without telling her that is worth a lot more than the original? In Mathilde’s situation this is exactly what happened. Mme. Forestier should return the difference in value of the original necklace and the replacement because even though Mathilde is not the richest girl‚ she still bought another diamond necklace

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    Marbles In Children

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    specific skills that will be learned and developed with marble painting is fine motor development/fine motor skills‚ small muscle movements and precision‚ hand-eye coordination‚ physical development such as large motor strength‚ coordination‚ and balance. Marble painting also address social-emotional skills by engaging in cooperative play‚ language development/will describe motions‚ fast‚ slow‚ roll‚ flip‚ and communicates ideas and thoughts. Marble painting also teaches science skills such as exploring

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    Marble Cleaning

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    Some avoid marble because they hear it’s hard to keep “looking nice” or they think it’s too expensive. So while it may cost more than some other options you have‚ rest assured your marble floor will long outlive you—if you let it. It does take some care‚ but this can be far outweighed by the sheer elegance it offers. When it’s first installed‚ your marble floor will need a protective sealant. Your natural stone supplier can recommend the best product for the particular marble you’ve selected

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    The Parthenon Marbles‚ known also as the Elgin Marbles (pronounced /ˈɛlɡən/‚ with a hard “g”)‚ are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils)‚ inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce‚ 7th Earl of Elgin‚ the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803‚ had obtained a controversial permission from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the

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    Projectile and Marble

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    Freshman Physics Name:_________________________________ Per:____ LAB: Marble Launcher Due Date:_________________ You have learned that the motion of any object moving through the air affected only by gravity is an example of projectile motion. Examples of projectile motion include a basketball thrown toward a hoop‚ a car driven off a cliff by a stunt person‚ and a marble launched from the CPO marble launcher. Toss a ball some distance and you can imagine in your mind the arc it follows

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    between the ancient civilizations of Greece and Egypt in term of education system‚ art and geographical regions. II. The Egyptian and Greece are different in term of their education system. A. Egyptian education system 1. age entering to school 2. subjects they learn in school 3. girls from wealthy family enter the school B. Greece education system 1. age of entering school 2. subjects they were taught 3. girls learn to do house work III. The Egyptian and Greece are different in term of their

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