For over 150 years the marbles of Greece have been placed in the British museum‚ they are recognized as the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles continue to be the main point of an ongoing debate that will basically determine the historical influence of an important culture. Some of the sculptures that were removed were the marble figures‚ metopes (sculptures in high relief) and friezes. To this day the Greek government has correctly requested the return of the Elgin Marbles a few times while the British
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are most often rendered in the time periods idea of an “ideal form”. Because of this‚ we can get a decent idea of what that time period considered supreme. The artwork that will be examined for this paper are all images of rulers‚ they are Victory Stele of Naram- Sin‚ Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius‚ Emperor Justinian and His Attendants and Equestrian Statue of Charles the Bald. Although these four works come
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I. Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that causes an overproduction of thyroid hormones called hyperthyroidism. Although there are many diseases that cause hyperthyroidism‚ Graves’ disease is the number one cause. It is named after Robert Graves‚ an Irish physician‚ described this form of hyperthyroidism about 150 years ago. Graves’ disease is caused by a process in the body’s immune system‚ that normally protects the body from bacteria and viruses. The immune system destroys the bacteria
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Clay Marble Final Essay Everybody changes through their lives somewhat‚ some more than others. Dara changed a lot through the entire story. She has grown and changed from all the people and incidents she has been through. There are particular people and incidents that helped her change‚ and grow. Some examples of people and incidents that did help her grow and change where Jantu through her whole Journey and death‚ Chnay going through looking for her parents and who they were in trouble with
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Marble Slab Creamery Case Introduction: Penny Thomas an MBA graduate acquired the ownership rights to Marble slab creamery franchise located in Ontario‚ Canada in 2008. NexCen owned the Marble slab brand but had a small role to play in day-to-day operations of the Canadian franchises. The marketing and operations support activities were handles by the Canadian Ice cream company Inc. Thomas paid $25‚000 start-up fee for the franchise‚ a royalty fee of six percent of gross sales to Marble slab and
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Jacques Dei English 4 Mr.. Greshes January 8. 2012. Dear my fellow MVHS students: Alcoholism is a predisposed disease and is rapidly growing to become a very domineering issue in our society. While paying attention to various news broadcasts and newspapers‚ I have found that different domestic abuse cases and murders have been under the influence of alcohol. It really pains me to see teens in my own society fall victim to the influence. Alcohol can cause males to abuse females physically
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In the film Grave of the Fireflies‚ the director tugs at people’s heartstrings and forces them to look at World War II in a different light – too often‚ we forgot that the civilian casualty numbers are real‚ live people‚ and we tend to just look at them as a figure. In addition‚ a good part of this film takes place after the war has ended‚ which is a period that goes vastly un-talked about. People like to think that after the war officially ended‚ it was a time of joy for everyone‚ but sadly this
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If you have marble flooring and you want your marble flooring to look great‚ you need to take proper care of your flooring. A large part of taking care of marble flooring involves waxing‚ stripping and polishing your floors. Over time‚ the wax used to make your marble floors shine tends to start to build up and makes your floors look foggy instead of shiny. When this happens‚ you need to remove the wax on your marble floors through a process called stripping. Necessary Supplies You will not need
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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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- 2 Marbles of different mass‚ one steel and one nylon - Dropping Mechanism with a lever to hold the marble and pull for drop - Bee Spi (measures velocity in kilometers per hour.) - Box to catch the marble on the way down Procedure The dropping mechanism was set up‚ with the BeeSpi attached to it at 26.5” from the lever that drops it so that the marble would fall through it‚ therefore recording the velocity in km/h. There was also a box at the bottom of the mechanism to catch the marble every
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