These are the "touchdown goddesses." This is one of the most common votive image found among Minoan settlements.
These are double-bladed axes from Knossos. That's a 10-12 foot doorway to the right, so these bronze axe heads are huge. I think the double-axe is reminiscent of the bull's horns, and of a prominent nearby double mountain peak which was considered sacred
This is the so-called "ring of Minos," a seal-ring from Knossos. It's only about an inch wide, but the picture seems to emphasize a female figure (perhaps the same one three times, or three different females), at tree a male, a boat, and some type of structure. Most people think it tells a story of a female goddess bringing a shrine across the water. Who knows.
This is a "linear A" tablet. Nobody can read this writing, which dates from about 1600 BC.
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