Phaistos Disc

Phaistos Disc Side A. Source: C Messier/ CC BY-SA 4.0

25 September, 2021 - 22:57 Robin Ashdown

The Phaistos Disc: Spiral Secrets Suggest It’s a Festival Calendar

In 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier was working in southern Crete at an ancient Minoan palace located in the town of Phaistos. Digging amid the ruins he found a clay circular tablet that has...