"Female gods" are sometimes referred to as "goddesses". ;')Ancient treasure trove uncoveredArchaeologists have found a 2,700-year-old temple which contains objects from across the ancient world. Gold and silver figures, jewellery and shells from throughout the Mediterranean were gathered in one place on the small Greek island of Kithnos in the Aegean Sea. The finds suggest the temple was for a female god.
Wednesday 18th December 2002
Many of the objects were originally from Egypt, Italy and Phoenicia which is now Lebanon and Israel. The ancient city was founded during the 10th century BC and abandoned four centuries later, said Alexander Mazarakis-Ainian, overseeing the dig. He is an associate professor at the University of Thessalia in Larissa in central Greece. The temple was probably destroyed by an earthquake... Some of objects date back to the Minoan era, around 1,600 BC. They may have been offered at the temple as relics, Mr Mazarakis-Ainian said.Wow, a 10th century temple abandoned in the 6th century, but containing Minoan objects of the 16th century. I'm so surprised. Not. I'll not be surprised to see an artifact from the Kingdom of David turn up in this cache.
Whoops.