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An  Unknown Goddess

Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of A yia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed at a high stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow street. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C, until Roman time. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented 

a goddess and had at one time been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteen century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classic times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even them. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments , they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman . She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.

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