Paramythia Hoard

The Paramythia collection contains nineteen bronze figurines representing Greek and Roman deities, created using lost wax casting techniques during the second century AD.

Albanian workers discovered this collection of bronze sculptures near Paramythia in northwestern Greece during the 1790s, initially sending them to Catherine the Great in Russia.

These bronze statuettes functioned within a lararium, a shrine space where inhabitants conducted regular worship rituals to honor their preferred deities and maintain religious practices.

The British Museum currently exhibits fourteen sculptures from this collection, including twelve pieces from Richard Payne Knight and two additional statuettes from John Hawkins' widow.

Each bronze figure in the collection reveals traces of previous gilding and mounted decorative elements, indicating complex manufacturing methods from the Roman imperial period.

Location: London

GPS coordinates: 39.46667,20.50000

Latest update: October 2, 2025 16:45