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.