Two Minoan snake goddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. The decades-long excavation programme led by the English archaeologist Arthur Ev
Detail of the larger Knossos figure; the parts below the waist are reconstructed.
The smaller figure before "restoration"
Bronze Minoan figure in Berlin, LM I, probably a worshipper, with either snakes or tresses of hair
Minoan terracotta votive figure holding a snake or snakes, Kania, Gortyna, 1300-1200 BC, AMH
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece, and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most impo
Minoan snake goddess figurines
…objects, including the most famous of these figures, and the ideas about the Minoans he drew from the archaeology. The figures are now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH). The Knossos figurines, both significantly incomplete, date to near the end of the neo-palatial period of Minoan civilization, around 1600 BCE…
The bull leaper (c. 1500 BC), an ivory figurine from the palace of Knossos
Phaistos Disc
Minoan jewellery
Arkalochori Axe