Minoan snake goddess figurines

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Sculpture · c. 1600 BC · Knossos, Crete · Europe

Faience priestesses gripping snakes — the defining image of Minoan religion

Minoan snake goddess figurines — Photo by Chris 73 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Aegean art — A maritime Bronze Age: lively frescoes of Minoan Crete and the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae
Century: 17th century BC

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