Hi all! I went to the Panagyurishte Treasure museum (Bulgaria) today. The items on display were replicas (the originals are currently at the Louvre), but it was amazing nonetheless. The treasure is from 400 BC – 300 BC and consists of nine vessels - an amphora, seven rhytons and a phial. I noticed some symbols on the foreheads of three of the rhytons - one was a depiction of a deer, the other two were women. This is the deer: http://i.imgur.com/r1KWyJ3.jpg I'm pretty sure that's a representation of the sun. Here you have the same symbol: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossitza/2491505285/ I'm having difficulty identifying the other two symbols and I'm not sure who the women are. Greek goddesses, just not sure which is which. This, I think, is Hera: http://i.imgur.com/rPLd8Xs.jpg And this should be either Aphrodite or Athena: http://i.imgur.com/cHFqepZ.jpg

I've tried to Google my way to an answer but I haven't found anything. Also, why are the symbols even there? Not all statuettes had them, just these three. I'm currently reading the Old Testament. The first priests (Aaron and his sons) had to wear a diadem on their foreheads that read something along the lines of "Holy to YHWH". Is it a coincidence that the third eye chakra, according to Hinduism and Buddhism, is found on the forehead? Not trying to start a religious argument here, I just find it interesting when I see things like that repeated in different cultures.