Elgin
Parthenon sculptures' location
Elgin is a place name for several cities, most notably in Scotland and Illinois.
The Elgin Marbles are ancient Greek sculptures removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s, now controversially housed in the British Museum.
Elgin also appears as a given name and surname.
Midwestern state, sixth-largest
- MorayScottish administrative region
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
Nebraska · city · town · settlement · municipality · locality · community · Highlands
Patterned clan fabric
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
clans · thistle · whisky · loch · heather · ceilidh · haggis · sporran
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
- British MuseumLondon antiquities collection
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- AthensGreece's capital city
- AcropolisFortified hilltop in Athens
frieze · pediment · sculpture · repatriation · controversy · antiquities · classical · relief
Related people together
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
descent · pedigree · relatives · kinfolk · forebears · clan · dynasty
Illinois
Midwestern state, sixth-largest
- MorayScottish administrative region
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- TexasSecond-largest American state
Ontario · Nebraska · city · town · settlement · municipality · locality · community · Highlands · northeast
tartan
Patterned clan fabric
kilt · clans · thistle · whisky · loch · heather · ceilidh · haggis · sporran · brogue
Parthenon
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
- British MuseumLondon antiquities collection
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- AthensGreece's capital city
Acropolis · frieze · pediment · sculpture · repatriation · controversy · antiquities · classical · relief · caryatid
family
Related people together
heritage · descent · pedigree · relatives · kinfolk · forebears · clan · dynasty
neoclassical
Reviving ancient aesthetic principles
- columnVertical structural element
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
capital · frieze · entablature · portico · facade · pilaster · architrave · Doric · Ionic · Corinthian
- Kane CountyBatavia, Burlington, Geneva, Hampshire, Montgomery
- IllinoisChicago, Springfield, Land of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, downstate
- British Raj FiguresLord Mountbatten, Cornwallis, Wellesley, Ripon, Irwin
- ChicagolandChicago, Naperville, Schaumburg, Evanston, Oak Park
- Southern AfricaZulu, Kruger National Park, Angola, Shona, Zambia
- Texas TownsAustin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston
ElginAthens
Greece's capital city
Acropolis · Greece · Parthenon · repatriation · British Museum
ElginRolex
Swiss luxury watchmaker
Swiss watches · Geneva · handcrafted · quartz · digital watches
- Elgin MarblesRelocated Acropolis carvings