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    marks, boxes, or other symbols. Phaistos (Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [feˈstos]; Ancient Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [pʰai̯stós], Linear B: 𐀞𐀂𐀵 Pa-i-to;...
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    contains Phaistos Disc Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Phaistos Disc...
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  • Thumbnail for Phaistos Disc decipherment claims
    Many people have claimed to have deciphered the Phaistos Disc. The claims may be categorized into linguistic decipherments, identifying the language of...
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  • Phaistos Disc is a Unicode block containing the characters found on the undeciphered Phaistos Disc artefact. While the consensus of scholars is that the...
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    instance, the palace at Phaistos is aligned with Mount Ida and Knossos is aligned with Mount Juktas. The central courts at Knossos, Phaistos, and Malia were nearly...
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    Linear A, although some scholars disagree. The Arkalochori axe and the Phaistos Disc are exhibited at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Galleries V...
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    administrative center near Phaistos which has yielded the largest number of Linear A tablets. Kommos – harbour town serving Phaistos and Hagia Triada, with...
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    Overview of the Protopalatial Impressed Fine Ware from Phaistos and Some Comparisons with the Phaistos Disc". LUME. 95: 81. Tsipopoulou, Metaxia; Hallager...
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  • Phaistos is an ancient city in Crete, Greece. Phaistos (ancient Greek: Φαιστός), also Latinised at Phaestos and Phaestus may also refer to: Phaestus (Elis)...
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    identified with the Tallaia, a spur of the Ida range in Crete. On a coin from Phaistos he is winged; in Greek vase-paintings and Etruscan bronze mirrors he is...
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    7th or 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos. While tending his father's sheep, Epimenides is said to have fallen asleep...
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    able to decipher certain writing systems, such as those of Epi-Olmec, Phaistos and Indus texts; but to date, these claims have not been widely accepted...
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    plaques of Minoan houses (aka the "Town Mosaic") Peak sanctuary figurines Phaistos Disc Kamares ware pottery Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE, including:...
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    roundels, and ceramics. The earliest inscriptions of Linear A come from Phaistos, in a layer dated at the end of the Middle Minoan II period: that is, no...
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    settlements, most notably the ancient palace complexes of Knossos and Phaistos. While both archaeological sites evince Neolithic habitation from 7000...
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    site was under the control of nearby Phaistos. The site was then abandoned in the 2nd century BC after Phaistos was destroyed by Gortyn. Later, after...
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    and polychrome cup from Phaistos, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete (photo by Zde). Krater from Phaistos, 1900-1700 BCE, Heraklion...
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    information. There are doubts that the Indus script is writing, and the Phaistos Disc has so little content or context that its nature is undetermined....
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    Turkic (Unicode block) Old Uyghur (Unicode block) Palmyrene (Unicode block) Phaistos Disc (Unicode block) Phoenician (Unicode block) Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode...
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    Minoan palaces and villas. Each palace had at least one lustral basin, with Phaistos having four of them. At Knossos, one is adjacent to the throne room, while...
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    Bronze Age settlement including the sites of Kommos, Hagia Triada and Phaistos. Not counting Crete, other islands in the Libyan Sea are Gavdos, Gavdopoula...
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    Leucippus's sex into that of a boy's. To celebrate this, the people at Phaistos sacrificed to Leto Phytia during the Ecdysia ("stripping naked") festival...
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    (not to be confused with the town of the same name), Zakros, Petras and Phaistos, the classical site of Gortys, and the diverse archaeology of the island...
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    Merriam-Webster Disctionary Online. Retrieved on 2014-10-24. Vasilakis, Antonis. Phaistos. Vasilis Kouvidis – Vasilis Manouras Editions, Iraklio, p. 118 ISBN 960-86623-6-2...
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    Crete. During the Minoan period, it served as a harbour town for nearby Phaistos and Hagia Triada. After the Bronze Age, a sanctuary was built over the...
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    Phaistos. These pits have always been found within the confines of major sites, including the West Court of Knossos and the Upper Court of Phaistos....
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  • is the Amari Valley, the site of expansion by the ancient settlement at Phaistos. Its modern name is Psiloritis. The surrounding area and mountain used...
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    by rolling the seal on wet clay. Typography was also implemented in the Phaistos Disc, an enigmatic Minoan printed item from Crete, which dates to between...
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    Dalya (12 July 2008). "Phaistos Disc declared as fake by scholar". The Times Online. Retrieved 6 March 2009. International Phaistos Disk Conference 2008...
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    Minoan sites on Crete has been excavated at nearby Phaistos to the north; apparently, the Phaistos palace was designed to permit views over the expansive...
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