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of sanctuary to Great Mother and Adonis.

This news is from Max Dashu and she says: They buried the lead, so i’m rearranging:

“There is little doubt that this extremely ancient Temple, going back to the Cypro-Geometric period, was dedicated to the Great Goddess of Cyprus, the Wanassa, or “Mistress of Animals,” sometimes represented as Artemis, and her consort who came to be called Adonis in later centuries,” the Antiquities Department said.

“With the removal of several years of accumulated rain wash,
extraordinary vessels were revealed sitting on what appeared to be the last used floor of the sanctuary.”

the Hellenistic altar in the Adonis Temenos. It said the western
corner of the southern edge of the altar was found approximately
eight metres west of the eastern corner.

“The huge size of this altar indicates the continuing importance of
the cult of the consort of the Great Mother at Idalion in the
Hellenistic period. Evidence of votive terracottas continued in the
area of the altar,” said the announcement.

“In the area known as the “Sanctuary of the Paired Deities” the
[American] team continued to uncover the eastern area last used in the Roman period. It was discovered that, in addition to worshipping a pair of aniconic [faceless] deities, a male and a female, ancient Cypriot worshippers donated numerous limestone votive figures.”

Rest at Cyprus Mail