The PHAISTOS DISK

On the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea, at the site of ancient Phaistos, an enigmatic object, now known as the Phaistos Disk, was discovered in a room of an ancient palace. What is the nature of this disk? And can we read its mysterious inscription? We ask Minoan specialist Dr. Giorgia Baldacci these questions and more.

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► REFERENCES
On the site of Phaistos:
http://www.minoancrete.com/phaistos.htm
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/palace-phaistos-controlling-messara-plain/

On the Disk:
https://www.worldhistory.org/Phaistos_Disk/
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/11/phaistos-disk

On Gareth Owens' attempt to decipher:
https://phys.org/news/2014-10-phaistos-disk-prayer-mother-goddess.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2018/02/07/gareth-owens-50-phaistos-disk-deciphered/
https://www.people.ku.edu/~jyounger/misc/Owens_response.pdf

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