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  2. Minoan snake goddess figurines - Wikipedia

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    Minoan Snake Goddess figurines, c. 1600 BCE, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Two Minoan snake goddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete .

  3. Minoan religion - Wikipedia

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    "Snake Goddess" or a priestess performing a ritual. Minoan religion was the religion of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization of Crete.In the absence of readable texts from most of the period, modern scholars have reconstructed it almost totally on the basis of archaeological evidence such as Minoan paintings, statuettes, vessels for rituals and seals and rings.

  4. Minoan Snake Tube - Wikipedia

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    Minoan snake tubes are cylindrical ceramic tubes with a closed, splayed out bottom. Sir Arthur Evans interpreted them as "snake tubes", that is vessels for carrying or housing snakes used in Minoan religion. They are now usually interpreted as "offering stands", on which kalathoi, or offering bowls, were placed in shrines. They are described as ...

  5. Minoan civilization - Wikipedia

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    The smaller of two Minoan snake goddess figurines Arthur Evans thought the Minoans worshipped, more or less exclusively, a mother goddess , which heavily influenced views for decades. Recent scholarly opinion sees a much more diverse religious landscape although the absence of texts, or even readable relevant inscriptions, leaves the picture ...

  6. Knossos - Wikipedia

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    In 1900, Sir Arthur Evans undertook more extensive excavations which unearthed most of the palace as well as many now-famous artifacts including the Bull-Leaping Fresco, the snake goddess figurines, and numerous Linear B tablets. While Evans is often credited for discovering the Minoan Civilization, his work is controversial in particular for ...

  7. Heraklion Archaeological Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece [1] and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. It is normally referred to scholarship in English as "AMH" (for ...

  8. Minos - Wikipedia

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    Another snake came for the first, and after seeing its mate dead, the second serpent left and brought back an herb, bringing the first snake back to life. Following this example, Polyidus used the same herb to resurrect Glaucus. Minos refused to let Polyidus leave Crete until he taught Glaucus the art of divination. Polyidus did so, but then ...

  9. Minoan art - Wikipedia

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    "Snake Goddess" figurine, Knossos, 1650-1550 BC, AMH, Egyptian faience. [72] Small ceramic sculptures were very common, mostly in the same earthenware (known as terracotta when used in sculpture) as Minoan pottery, but also in the heated crushed quartz material known as Egyptian faience, evidently a more expensive material.