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Ancient Greek city in Crete
marks, boxes, or other symbols. Phaistos (Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [feˈstos]; Ancient Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [pʰai̯stós], Linear B: 𐀞𐀂𐀵 Pa-i-to;
Phaistos
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
contains Phaistos Disc Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Phaistos Disc
Phaistos_Disc
Alleged deciphering of unknown symbols on the Phaistos Disc
Many people have claimed to have deciphered the Phaistos Disc. The claims may be categorized into linguistic decipherments, identifying the language of
Phaistos Disc decipherment claims
Phaistos_Disc_decipherment_claims
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
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
Minoan_palaces
Unicode character block
Phaistos Disc is a Unicode block containing the characters found on the undeciphered Phaistos Disc artefact. While the consensus of scholars is that the
Phaistos_Disc_(Unicode_block)
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
administrative center near Phaistos which has yielded the largest number of Linear A tablets. Kommos – harbour town serving Phaistos and Hagia Triada, with
Minoan_civilization
Heraion Vergina Mycenae Patmos Tiryns Corfu Daphni Philippi Zagori Knossos Phaistos Malia Zakros Kydonia Zominthos The United Nations Educational, Scientific
List of World Heritage Sites in Greece
List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Greece
Undeciphered writing system of ancient Crete
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
Linear_A
Writing systems and symbol systems without a generally accepted decipherment
proposed for several items listed here (including the Indus script, the Phaistos Disc, and the Isthmian/Epi-Olmec script), but these proposals remain disputed
Undeciphered_writing_systems
7th/6th-century BCE Greek seer, philosopher, and poet
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
Epimenides
Archaeological site in Greece
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
Hagia_Triada
Archaeological site and Minoan palace complex in Heraklion, Crete
the UNESCO World Heritage Site Minoan Palatial Centres, together with Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Zominthos and Kydonia. The ancient name of the city is
Knossos
Undecyphered bronze-age Cretan writing system
Overview of the Protopalatial Impressed Fine Ware from Phaistos and Some Comparisons with the Phaistos Disc". LUME. 95: 81. Tsipopoulou, Metaxia; Hallager
Cretan_hieroglyphs
2nd millennium BC Minoan labrys
scholars disagree. The Arkalochori axe (Museum number X2416), and the Phaistos Disc are exhibited at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Galleries V
Arkalochori_Axe
Minoan pottery produced in Crete
Crete White and polychrome cup from Phaistos, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum Krater from Phaistos, 1900-1700 BCE, Heraklion Archaeological
Kamares_ware
Greek mythical figure whose gender is changed
Λεύκιππος, romanized: Leúkippos, lit. 'white horse') was a young man of Phaistos, Crete. Leucippus was born to Lamprus, the son of Pandion, and Galatea
Leucippus_of_Crete
Regional unit in Greece
settlements, most notably the ancient palace complexes of Knossos and Phaistos. While both archaeological sites evince Neolithic habitation from 7000
Heraklion_(regional_unit)
American linguist (died 1981)
and languages (such as Hittite and Luwian), Judaeo-Greek hymns, and the Phaistos disk. He died on December 26, 1981. J. Alexander Kerns and Benjamin Schwartz
Benjamin_Schwartz_(linguist)
Syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek
Minoa I, which appeared in 1909, he explained that the discovery of the Phaistos Disc in July 1908 had caused him to pull the book from the presses so that
Linear_B
Archaeological museum in Crete, Greece
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:
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum
Circular subsurface pit found in Ancient Crete
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.
Kouloura
Giant automaton in Greek mythology
identification of Aphrodite is unlikely. Talos also appears on three coins from Phaistos dated to the Classical and early Hellenistic periods. He is depicted as
Talos
Municipal unit in Greece
is exactly four times smaller than the courts of the Minoan palaces at Phaistos, Malia, Knossos and Zakros. Suggestions that the building was a "cult villa
Makry_Gialos
Mountain range in Greece
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
Asterousia_Mountains
Topics referred to by the same term
Phaistos is an ancient city in Crete, Greece. Phaistos (ancient Greek: Φαιστός), also Latinised at Phaestos and Phaestus may also refer to: Phaestus (Elis)
Phaestus_(disambiguation)
Portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of the African coast of ancient Libya
Bronze Age settlement including the sites of Kommos, Hagia Triada and Phaistos. Not counting Crete, other islands in the Libyan Sea are Gavdos, Gavdopoula
Libyan_Sea
Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Triada site of an earlier Minoan town. Broadly contemporary coins from Phaistos show the form under which he was worshiped: a youth sits among the branches
Zeus
Pitcher design
bridge-spouted vessel in Minoan pottery has been recovered at the ancient palace of Phaistos on Minoan Crete, dating to the Bronze Age.[failed verification (See discussion
Bridge-spouted_vessel
Art of arranging type
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
Typography
Daughter of Ligdus
goddess Isis into a man. According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, in the city of Phaistos, there lived an honorable man named Ligdus and his pregnant wife, Telethusa
Iphis
Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis
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
Leto
Divine hero in Greek mythology
Antiquities, 1. 50. 4 Hyginus, Fabulae, 162 In Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Phaistos, Rhopalus is the son of Heracles and Phaestus his own son; in Pausanias
Heracles
Full body armor from Greece
found at Thebes; some bronze bands have been also found at Mycenae and Phaistos. Bronze scales were found at Mycenae and Troy. In May 1960, Swedish archaeologists
Dendra_panoply
Largest Greek island
(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
Crete
Pottery from Bronze Age Crete
Examples 10) Cup from Phaistos Cups from Phaistos Krater from Phaistos Dish from Phaistos Pithos with fish in a net, Phaistos Phaistos Jug with barbotine
Minoan_pottery
Round, stylized flower design
derives from Minoan Crete; Among other places, the design appears on the Phaistos Disc, recovered from the eponymous archaeological site in southern Crete
Rosette_(design)
Italian archaeologist and academic (1874–1937)
Wayback Machine Notes on the Authenticity of the Phaistos disc Report on the international Phaistos disk conference Enzo Catani, "L'attività archeologica
Luigi_Pernier
Turkic (Unicode block) Old Uyghur (Unicode block) Palmyrene (Unicode block) Phaistos Disc (Unicode block) Phoenician (Unicode block) Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode
List_of_Unicode_characters
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.
List_of_writing_systems
City in Crete, Greece
port The harbour Α part of the Venetian harbour (used as shipyards) The Phaistos Disk (2nd millennium BC) in Heraklion Archaeological Museum Depiction of
Heraklion
Board game
theorized that Mehen may have been a simple race game similar to Goose. The Phaistos Disc also features a spiral track, such that some amateur theorists identify
Game_of_the_Goose
Village in the Greek island of Crete
the Matala bay were created in the Neolithic Age. Matala was the port of Phaistos during the Minoan period. In the year 220 BC, Matala was occupied by the
Matala,_Crete
Structure in Minoan architecture
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
Lustral_basin
Municipality in Greece
their younger opponents. The young Gortynians took refuge in the port of Phaistos and some time later they launched an attack against the port of Gortys
Gortyn
Archaeological site in Southern Crete, Greece
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
Kommos_(Crete)
Italian archaeologist and epigrapher (1857–1930)
palace at Phaistos and the Minoan town of Hagia Triada. A contemporary, friend, and advisor of Arthur Evans, he began excavating at Phaistos before Evans
Federico_Halbherr
Covered exterior gallery, one side open
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
Loggia
Unicode character block
private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Shavian and Phaistos Disc encodings. The block was added in version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard;
Deseret_(Unicode_block)
Community in Greece
saddle in the Psiloriti Range virtually aligned with the location of nearby Phaistos. Some of the best examples of Middle Minoan pottery have been recovered
Kamares,_Crete
River in Greece
settlement of Phaistos. The Ieropotamos was heavily drawn upon by the Minoans because of the intensity of farming, even in the Bronze Age at Phaistos. Scientists
Geropotamos_(river)
Place in Greek mythology
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
Mount_Ida
Knossos, the most famous Minoan site. Other palace sites in Crete such as Phaistos have uncovered magnificent stone-built, multi-story palaces containing
History_of_Crete
Community in Greece
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
Tris_Ekklisies
Unicode character block
private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Deseret and Phaistos Disc encodings. The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose
Shavian_(Unicode_block)
the west of Phaistos with the north coast of Crete at present day Rethymno. It is quite likely that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants
Monastiraki,_Crete
Alluvial plain in Southern Crete
the largest plain in Crete. On a hill at its west end are the ruins of Phaistos and Hagia Triada, near the middle are the ruins of the ancient city of
Messara_Plain
Mythological king of Crete
one of the Telchines, he had a son called Euxanthius. By Androgeneia of Phaistos, he had Asterion, who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between
Minos
Dutch writer
the famous Phaistos Disc from the island of Crete. Jan Best and Fred Woudhuizen pointed out some significant parallels between the Phaistos disk script
Jan_Best
Ancient Minoan god associated with Zeus
the Hellenistic era, Hagia Triada fell under the control of the polis of Phaistos and was reinstated as a place of worship. In this period, an aedicula was
Velchanos
Finely dressed stone and associated masonry
in the construction of palace facades on Crete, including Knossos and Phaistos. These constructions date to the MM III-LM Ib period, c. 1700–1450 BC.
Ashlar
Round, open-top container frequently used as tableware
example, the bridge spouted vessel design appeared at the Minoan site of Phaistos. In the 4th millennium BC, evidence exists that the Uruk culture of ancient
Bowl
Municipality in Greece
municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of 410.810 km2
Faistos
Purposely unassigned Unicode code points
alphabet from On Beyond Zebra. The CSUR previously encoded the undeciphered Phaistos characters, as well as the Shavian and Deseret alphabets, which have all
Private_Use_Areas
Character encoding standard
Chiki, Rejang, Saurashtra, Sundanese, and Vai, sets of symbols for the Phaistos Disc, Mahjong tiles, Domino tiles, additions to Burmese, Scribal abbreviations
Unicode
Italian archaeologist (1898–1991)
Phaistos, which site is the second most significant Minoan settlement (following Knossos) and which has yielded important finds such as the Phaistos Disk
Doro_Levi
Ancient Egyptian designation for Crete
villages belonging to Keftiu are mentioned: Kenesch (Knossos), Byschty (Phaistos), Amnesch (Amnissos), Keteny (Kydonia) and Leket (Lyktos). Texts from Ugarit
Keftiu
Minoan archaeological site in Eastern Crete, Greece
Gortyn Gournia Hagia Triada Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium
Zakros
Greek Orthodox monastery in Crete
Gortyn Gournia Hagia Triada Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium
Agarathos_Monastery
Settlement in Greece
Authority. 29 March 2024. Literally meaning country, χώρα, Linguee s.a., phaistos networks. "ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ Η ΓΚΡΕΜΝΙΩΤΙΣΣΑ. Νήσος ΙΟΣ". Archived from the original
Chora,_Ios
Greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld
growing out of the ground, is on a plate from the Old-Palace period in Phaistos. According to Burkert, the figure looks like a vegetable because she has
Persephone
Part of Iliad, listing towns, war leaders and number of ships
Cretans 80 Idomeneus, Meriones Knossos, Gortys, Lyktos, Miletus, Lycastus, Phaistos, Rhytium, others up to 100 2.653 Rhodians 9 Tlepolemus Lindus, Ielysus
Catalogue_of_Ships
Artifacts from the Minoan civilization
found in quantity at specific sites, for example in Knossos, Malia and Phaistos. They were evidently used as a means of identifying documents and objects
Minoan_seals
Greek Orthodox monastery in Crete, Greece
Gortyn Gournia Hagia Triada Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium
Vrontisi_Monastery
Millennium between 2000 BC and 1001 BC
Crete, was built. c. 1700 BC earthquake damages palaces at Knossos and Phaistos. 1627 BC – Minoan eruption. c. 1600 BC–1360 BC – Egyptian domination over
2nd_millennium_BC
Cretan man in Greek mythology
lit. 'shining, distinguished, munificent') was the son of Pandion from Phaistos in Crete and father of Leucippus by Galatea. Lamprus, who was from a good
Lamprus_(mythology)
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
worship, and these symbols have been found together at a Minoan tomb near Phaistos in Crete. As early as the fifth century BC, Dionysus became identified
Dionysus
Wooden tablet bearing inscribed markings, discovered in Dispilio, Greece
Facorellis et al. from 2014. Greece portal Arkalochori Axe Gradeshnitsa tablets Phaistos Disc Vinča culture Vinča symbols Tărtăria tablets Neolithic Europe Trojan
Dispilio_Tablet
Dutch typographer
are in the design/production phase. FF Beowolf ITC Officina Serif (EF) Phaistos FF Beosans FF Justlefthand FF Advert FF Schulschrift FF Schulbuch FF Brokenscript
Just_van_Rossum
Ancient coin in Macedonia
many city-states of Ionia, Lampsacus, Megalopolis, Metapontium, Olympia, Phaistos, Poseidonia, Syracuse, Taras, Thasos, Thebes and more. There also existed
Stater
Hypothesized writing system
Slavic pre-Cyrillic writing and other cultures (Etruscan texts or the Phaistos Disc), were repeatedly amateurishly "deciphered" as Russian and Slavic
Pre-Christian_Slavic_writing
King of Arzawa in the 14th century BC
title usually given to the Hittite ruler. Achterberg et al. posit the Phaistos disc to be a letter sent by Tarhuntaradu to King Nestor concerning land
Tarḫuntaradu
Topics referred to by the same term
that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek Phaistos Disc, a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete Cypro-Minoan script
Aegean_script
Oldest and second-largest city in Bulgaria
of Classical Sites, PACHIA AMMOS ("Minoa") Ierapetra district, Crete., PHAISTOS Kainourgiou, Crete., PHILIPPOPOLIS or Eumolpia or Trimontium (Plovdiv)
Plovdiv
Holding company of Greek state
10 regional port authorities CMT CMFO Hellenic Saltworks 5G Ventures (PHAISTOS Fund) Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation (HCDI) Hellenic Post National
Growthfund
Mechanism that applies ink to a medium
possibly before (the oldest known application dating back as far as the Phaistos Disc). The first movable type was invented by the Chinese artisan Bi Sheng
Printing_press
Rediscovery of a language or script's meaning
Linear A Cypro-Minoan syllabary Espanca Numidian language Unnamed languages Phaistos Disc Rohonc Codex Voynich Manuscript Gelb and Whiting classify the four
Decipherment
Gorge and national park in Crete, Greece
Gortyn Gournia Hagia Triada Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium
Samaria_Gorge
Archaeological site in Greece
Late Minoan IB period. The other palaces are at Hagia Triada, Knossos, Phaistos, Zakros, and Gournia. It has been excavated for over a century by the French
Malia_(archaeological_site)
Greek technology demonstration satellite
"ESA backs Greek firms' and universities' CubeSats". 5G Ventures S.A | Phaistos Investment Fund. Retrieved 2026-04-11. Delevegos, Dimitris (2023-06-26)
OptiSat
Culinary tradition
Gortyn Gournia Hagia Triada Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium
Cretan_cuisine
Set of mythological Greek characters
Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia, a girl from the Cretan city of Phaistos. He was the commander of Cretans who joined the god Dionysus in his Indian
Asterius_(mythology)
German classical philologist
Wolfgang Aly (12 August 1881 in Magdeburg – 3 September 1962 in Phaistos, Crete) was a German classical philologist. He was a member of the NSDAP (Nazi
Wolfgang_Aly
International song competition
by the design company Karamela for ERT and was apparently based on the Phaistos Disc which is a popular symbol of ancient Greece. According to ERT, it
Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006
Archaeological institute operating in Athens, Greece
Poliochne, Hephaistia, and Chloe, as well as on Crete, at the Minoan Palace at Phaistos and the nearby Minoan town of Agia Triada, and also in the Archaic through
Italian School of Archaeology at Athens
Italian_School_of_Archaeology_at_Athens
Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey
The most notable Minoan palace is that of Knossos, followed by that of Phaistos. The Mycenaean Greeks arose on the mainland, becoming the first advanced
Aegean_Sea
Elaborate, confusing structure in Greek mythology
reappearance of the same inscribed symbols at the newly discovered palace at Phaistos (p. 273). Martin Nilsson (1967): Die Geschichte der Griechische Religion
Labyrinth
Greek valley
of Phaistos expanded with satellite development into the Amari Valley in the late Bronze Age, establishing a settlement at Monastiraki. Phaistos Holocaust
Amari_Valley
Water that originates during precipitation events and snow/ice melt
runoff system design is found in the archaeological recovery at Minoan Phaistos on Crete. Water portal Aquifer storage and recovery HydroCAD Stormwater
Stormwater
Multiple men in Greek mythology
by Phineus at the instigation of their stepmother Idaea. Pandion, from Phaistos in Crete, was father of Lamprus. Pandion, an Achaean warrior who carried
Pandion_(mythology)
European languages prior to the Bronze Age
– may be a descendant of Cypro-Minoan[citation needed] Language of the Phaistos Disc – possibly one of the above[citation needed] Germanic substrate hypothesis
Paleo-European_languages
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
Female
Hindi/Indian
(लीना) Hindi name LINA means "absorbed in; merged." Compare with other forms of Lina.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name for a clergyman, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).Ukrainian and Belorussian : patronymic from the nickname Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’ (Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.Clement Chaplin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living on a wooded hill, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + hyll ‘hill’, or a habitational name from any of various minor places named with these elements.Richard Woodhull emigrated to America from Northampton, England, in about 1648, and settled in Mastic, Long Island, NY.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Son of Mena
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God of Guru
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Handsome Loveable; Son; Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Seeker of God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Fire
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Hebrew, Muslim
Form of Sarah; Princess
Boy/Male
Arabic, Farsi, Iranian, Muslim
Guidance; Instruction
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS
PHAISTOS