IT’S one of history’s greatest mysteries: A 4000-year-old clay disc covered in spirals of enigmatic writing. Now scientists think they have extracted key words. While we know what the remaining words ...

None of the many interpretations of the Phaistos Disk's inscriptions are universally accepted. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

In early July of 1908, Luigi Pernier was heading an archaeological mission to Crete. One evening, the Italian was writing a letter to his superiors when he was interrupted by the arrival of Zacharias ...

In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it remains a modern enigma. The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs ...