Early Minoan shrine

Early Minoan shrine.jpg
Bull horns and those things between 3 pillars are not coat hooks.

Model of shrine from tomb near Phaestos

Model of shrine from tomb near Phaestos.jpg
Worshippers giving offerings to deities

female dancers

female dancers.jpg
Dancing was always associated with Cretan ritual

dance group

dance group.jpg
Note sacral horns associating it with religion

tripartite shrine at Knossos

tripartite shrine at Knossos.jpg
Artist's ptg of the palace central court shrine

Knossos Bull-vaulting fresco,c.1590BC

Knossos Bull-vaulting fresco,c.1590BC.jpg
Ritual significance or mixed gender sporting event?

Open-air tripartite shrine at K.Zakro

Open-air tripartite shrine at K.Zakro.jpg
Sacred space was never entered directly

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus,l side

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus,l side.jpg
Offerings for a dead man standing outside his tomb

Detail of sarcophagus fresco

Detail of sarcophagus fresco.jpg
Close-up of ritual for the dead

Other side of Sarcophagus

Other side of Sarcophagus .jpg
Ritual bull sacrifice ceremony with music& offerings

Reconstruction of Ritual at Archanes

Reconstruction of Ritual at Archanes.jpg
Human sacrifice, blood and other offerings

Goddess in model of shrine

Goddess in model of shrine.jpg
circle in hand and hold in roof relate to astronomy