In W.L Goodman's book The History of Woodworking Tools, published in 1964, he sites examples of Minoan axes in museums, used for both religion and work, that look just like the single and double-bit axes of today, except they are cast bronze. He states that a stone mold for the axes has been found. He has drawings of the Crete axes, they are examples C and E in the drawing from his book below:
