It is rare for archaeologist to come out and state in an excavation report that a female figurine is a goddess. That is not their job. It is your task to come to your own conclusions based on what you research and see, and your intuition. From the start, it seems to us that humans envisioned a female diety. Certainly they also envisioned a male diety as well. But he is not our beat. Goddesses covers the female diety of antiquity, an entity who is still in mythology and theology today as Mother Earth and Mother Mary. She was independent of, but also a partner of, male dieties of prehistory.

Parting shot: Miniature fresco painting depicts a crowded room in the Palace of Knossos of Crete in the Minoan Era. The Mediterranian isle of Crete was home to a sophisticated goddess-worshipping culture until nearly the time we know as the Greek Golden Age. It is in the British Museum which will appear in 3D if you click the pic.