![Goddess of Myrtos](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhp2CEngerAXcHFN_hsNC8abJB2eRQeYlpgC9K-TLvBNv_EIIfyhgyiB5tzsOwDrKYK-tyoR6cZZCPOM_SccYl95zGEatADbhcz_PA96DHBWoVynFugSyq6Up1FeDm6nL09zm_yIw2uQK/s400/SDC11067-crop1.jpg)
I'm back to writing about Crete again today, this time with a photo of the Goddess of Myrtos from the Minoan period.
![Minoan Jug](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlWQPDREciX_Q0eZhYbVJYBvnhCgtY7d0L7KXxQp7XwTfoPdHl-QLZ4ZqhVUYpdUQw_FYPtXaxJkmmRPni_V4ahsw4VuOkIuMIhKK0wBRDE-DniDRrkpeSjDcc3JV-IyLIegQTX6xlD3l/s200/SDC11067-crop3.jpg)
If we glance quickly at the photo above we'll no doubt think it's some sort of boring clay pot, but if we look more closely it's actually a woman holding a pot - and the woman is the goddess.
Okay, to our eyes she looks a bit strange with a very long neck, spindly arms and a bell shaped bottom half to her body. But she's all woman: breasts, pubic triangle and so on and she's holding a spouted jug, which is in the correct style from that period - 4000+ years ago.
![The head of the Goddess of Myrtos](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiColOxOZJpK6emSpjNlOnyi1KdIbgsAE-gaOualzmeJuOM2TdOnzx10szFtLLbmjJf_-4Vod6NKVh8yHXC0sUYTn-0Mvc1TJQ1pHzUIBBko_RIhRiFlBPka_s-eZcPKc5ypFiQbaK3kriR/s320/SDC11067-crop2.jpg)
Archaeologists found the Goddess of Myrtos on Crete at Fournou Koryfi - an ancient Minoan site, now destroyed but with parts still visible.
The Goddess is said to be a libation vase which would have originally stood on an altar, maybe a domestic one.
Here's a few more relics from the Minoan period.
Crete is an interesting place!
More on Crete:
The Mysterious Skull With A Golden Wreath Of Protection
Eerie island Of Spinalonga, A Sunken City And A Mermaid
With Visualisation Everything Is Possible
Photos: © M.Perry 2011
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Great photos. The goddess does look a trifle odd! But 4,000 years old...wow.
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