jan 1, 1600 BC - Snake Goddess

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Found at Knossos
Majolica (type of stone)
Shows the importance of religion in Knossos as well as the importance of women in society.
could be both a fertility symbol, an indication of matrilineal hierarchy or potentially related to a goddess of the beasts - snakes could have been a religious icon
Some missing pieces from the statuette

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