Ever since the discovery of the Phaistos disc, countless unsuccessful attempts have been made
to interpret and decipher it. Some theories interpret the disc not as an inscription but as an
unusual tool or implement. Science fiction enthusiasts have also contributed to the debate.
One interpretations argues that the disc is not Cretan, but comes
from another civilization, contemporaneous with the Minoan. The main arguments of this
theory were the uniqueness of the disc and the fact that some signs derive from other
second millenium civilizations. However, it does have signs in common with
hieroglyphic script, the first Minoan script - but the connection with
Minoan pictography is more obvious. These few but important findings have led us to the
conclusion that the disc does come from Minoan Crete, or at least from somewhere in its sphere of
influence, and that the text is a very early Aegean script.
Elements of this script have been identified in Minoan pictography and
in the later Cretan linear scripts.
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