I Am A Minoan Snake Goddess

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I am a faience figurine of a Minoan Snake Goddess from the Aegean era. I was discovered by a British archaeologist called Arthur Evans in the year 1903 in the Temple Repositories. The Temple Repositories was located on the site of the palace of Knossos on the Aegean Island of Crete. I am a figurine that resembles a human being, many other statues of the Aegean Era have little resemblance to a human, but differently, from the other statues from my era, I actually look like a human. I am made of clay and my height is around 13½ inches or approximately 34.3 centimeters. I am dressed in “typical Minoan clothes, with a long skirt and a tight open bodice that leaves my breasts uncovered and I am holding a snake in each hand” (). Many still don’t

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