Phaistos disk is one of the unsolved mysteries of the world.
- It is a disk of clay that was discovered in 1908 by the Italian Archaeologist Luigi Pernier in the Minion palace site of Phaistos in the Greek island of Crete.
- The disc was found in the main cell of an underground temple .
- It is dated to be from 2nd millennium BC.
- The disc which is of 15 Cm diameter contains various symbols and inscriptions on both side.
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| Phaistos disc(side A) |
- The inscriptions are written in a code that is still undecipherable.
- Many attempts were made to decipher the code , but were unsuccessful.
- It has 241 tokens and 45 unique signs.
- The disk is accepted as authentic by archaeologists , but few have raised the possibility that it is a hoax created in 1908.
- Archaeologists trying to decipher it have proposed that it may be a geometric theorem , a board game,adventure story ,etc
- Archaeological enthusiasts still believe that the mystery can be solved but scholars point out that a conclusion is not possible unless more examples of the signs turns up somewhere.
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