Greek island temple complex reveals 'countless' offerings left by ancient worshippers
Source: AP
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the centuries, Greece’s Culture Ministry said Wednesday.
A ministry statement said the finds from work this year included more than 2,000 intact or almost complete clay figurines, mostly of women and children but also some of male actors, as well as of tortoises, lions, pigs and birds.
Several ceremonial pottery vessels that were unearthed are linked with the worship of Demeter, the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, to whom the excavated sanctuary complex was dedicated.
The seaside site of Vryokastro on Kythnos was the ancient capital of the island, inhabited without break between the 12th century B.C. and the 7th A.D., when it was abandoned for a stronger position during a period of pirate raids.
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you take the offerings from an ancient deity's temple...that deity might come back! 
The way things are going these days having Demeter around might not be the worst thing...
I can think of a few Greek Goddeses who would kick some ass!
As for the offerings, I have a couple of theories…
1) “She’s not that kind of goddess!”
2) If Demeter was an agricultural goddess, her principal patrons might be farmers, and small figurines might have been all they could afford. (Pulling this one completely out of my butt; I am by no means an expert in Ancient Greek socio-economics.)
3) There were frequent donations of coins, gold, etc… but they were quickly scooped up for temple expenses/priest/priestess living expenses…
4) The archaeological site was not quite as “lost” as they had thought, and over the centuries various people have done their own “digs”…
