Read the excerpt from a short walk around the pyramids and through the world of art. if you visit athens, you will not find the horse of selene or its neighbors. they were taken from the parthenon early in the nineteenth century, shipped to london, and placed in the british museum. and they were given a new name, the elgin marbles, after lord elgin, the man who brought them to england. those marble shapes, even though they are now battered and broken, weave a spell around everyone who comes to them.