The Phaistos Disc
It is called the Phaistos Disc and is a small, baked clay disc about five inches in diameter. On the surface of each side of the disc there are incised spirals and within these are groups of hieroglyphic type characters which have never been interpreted. The Phaistos Disc is thought to date to about 1700BC. It is presently in the Heraklion Museum in Crete.
People have tried for decades to try and unravel the mystery of the Phasitos Disc but this has proved to be impossible for several reasons. There are very few examples of this sort of hieroglyphic script on Crete and since it never appears with any comparable text, there just are not enough examples for cross-referencing. Also there is no knowledge of the language spoken on Crete in Minoan times
The Phaistos Disc
People have tried for decades to try and unravel the mystery of the Phasitos Disc but this has proved to be impossible for several reasons. There are very few examples of this sort of hieroglyphic script on Crete and since it never appears with any comparable text, there just are not enough examples for cross-referencing. Also there is no knowledge of the language spoken on Crete in Minoan times
The Phaistos Disc
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