Phaistos Disc
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phaistos-disc-171-6982028
title:
Phaistos Disc
text:
The Phaistos Disc or Phaistos Disk is a disk of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language. Its purpose and its original place of manufacture remain disputed. It is now on display at the archaeological museum of Heraklion. The name is sometimes spelled Phaestos or Festos. The disk was discovered in 1908 by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier during the excavation of the Minoan palace of Pha
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encyclopedia
description:
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc
date created:
2003-01-26T18:58:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T06:14:27Z
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