Phaistos (Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [feˈstos]; Ancient Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [pʰai̯stós], Linear B: 𐀞𐀂𐀵 Pa-i-to; Linear A: 𐘂𐘚𐘄 Pa-i-to[1]), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site …

The Phaistos Disc, or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC), bearing a text in an unknown script and language.

May 15, 2012 · Tradition attributes the founding of Phaistos to either Minos, ruler of Knossos, or to his brother Radhamanthys. The name derives from Phaistos (the son or grandson of Herakles), who was killed by the Cretan King Idomeneus.

Jun 28, 2012 · The Phaistos disk is a fired clay disk, probably of Minoan origin, measuring some 16cm in diameter and impressed on both sides with 242 symbols set in a spiral arrangement. As yet, this unique archaeological find remains an undeciphered enigma.

Phaistos, or more correctly the Minoan Palace of Phaistos, is located in the Messara Plain in south-central Crete, 55 kilometres south of Heraklion and a short distance from the archaeological site of Agia Triada, the archaeological site of Gortys and Matala.

May 17, 2022 · In the simplest terms, the Phaistos Disc (also spelled Phaistos Disk or Phaestos Disc) is an ancient decorated cylinder made of fired clay. About three-quarters the size of a frisbee, its seemingly handmade quality means its dimensions vary slightly in places.

The Phaistos Disc is a round, clay object approximately 15 centimeters in diameter that was discovered on the Greek island of Crete in 1908. The object is inscribed with a series of symbols that have yet to be fully deciphered, making it one of the most intriguing and mysterious artifacts in the history of archaeology.

May 2, 2024 · It is the second-largest Cretan palace founded by the legendary King Minos of Knossos, but it does not face the Peloponnese mainland like Kydonia does, but rather …

May 20, 2023 · A long-standing enigma, the Phaistos disk is one of the most beautiful yet mysterious artifacts of Greece. Here’s what it could mean.

Nov 10, 2022 · In July 1908, a team of excavators led by the Italian field archaeologist and ancient historian Luigi Pernier were excavating at the ancient Minoan archaeological site of Phaistos on Krete, which is evidently a large Minoan complex of some kind.