
The figure-eight shield that shows up in Minoan and Mycenaean art is endlessly fascinating and has inspired a broad range of theories as to its meaning and significance.
You can see above part of the reconstructed Shield fresco from the Minoan temple complex at Knossos; the figure-eight shield also appears on Minoan seals and seal impressions as well as a fresco from the Mycenaean palace at Tiryns. The art combines the figure-eight shield with other images from Minoan religion and nature, like this stone seal showing a deer with a shield, and these ivory plaques in the shape of the figure-eight shield:
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