The Phaistos Disk

Posted in History,Oddities by Greg Ross on May 24th, 2006

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This disk was found in the ruins of a Minoan palace in 1908.

It’s an archaeological mystery. No one knows where it came from, what it was used for, or the language or meaning of its inscription. It’s known simply at the Phaistos disk.

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)