The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 131.—FEMALE IDOL FOUND AT PH^ESTOS IXNEOLITHIC SOIL NEAR A MAGNETIC STONE. In early religions the divine ideal takes a female the Neolithic to the Mycenasan age male images are theexception. It is worth while to examine into the causes of thispreference. Dr. Xanthoudides, Ephor of Antiquities at Candia, found,while excavating at Koumasa, near Gortyna, some very ancienttombs belonging to the third period of the first Minoan age WOMAN IN THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS 271 (according to Evans Chronology) (Fig. 132). The weaponscontained in these tom
The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 131.—FEMALE IDOL FOUND AT PH^ESTOS IXNEOLITHIC SOIL NEAR A MAGNETIC STONE. In early religions the divine ideal takes a female the Neolithic to the Mycenasan age male images are theexception. It is worth while to examine into the causes of thispreference. Dr. Xanthoudides, Ephor of Antiquities at Candia, found,while excavating at Koumasa, near Gortyna, some very ancienttombs belonging to the third period of the first Minoan age WOMAN IN THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS 271 (according to Evans Chronology) (Fig. 132). The weaponscontained in these tombs, and used during that period, wereshort, triangular daggers made of copper and silver. Therewas an earthen vase in the shape of a pitcher, decoratedwith geometric designs of plaited bands in the style whichpreceded that known as Kamares. Three small buccherovases with lids, fastened to one stand, were probably intendedfor use in worship, and are like those found in the pile-dwellings
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