Unlike other exhibits at the Acropolis Museum, the statues were in their original place on the Parthenon’s pediment until 1977 when they were removed for their protection from air pollution and bad ...

Only those fragments deemed critical for reuniting the Parthenon’s artistic and historical narrative – such as portions of the frieze, pediments and metopes – are expected to come back to Athens.

The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures, which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon dating back to 438 BC. The originals ...