Palace of Phaistos and Goddess of Love Astarte
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
Cretan in origin and linguistically connected to the Linear A and B scripts.
Furthermore, it is thought that the language itself was of Indo-European origin, similar to Mycenaean Greek.
Table showing the 45 signs of the Phaistos Disk. (Source: Davis, 2018:392) Heraklion Archaeological Museum
This table reveals plausible comparisons between the scripts of the Phaistos Disk (PD), Linear A (LA) and Linear B (LB).
(Source: Davis 2018:395)
Map of Crete showing Phaistos, Knossos and Aiya Triadha. (Source: Mentesana et al, 2015:490)
Goddess Astarte seems to be an amalgamation of Mesopotamian and Egyptian influences on
the Minoan idea of the goddess of love. (Source: World History Encyclopedia 2017) via
dr. π (pi)
.
Cretan in origin and linguistically connected to the Linear A and B scripts.
Furthermore, it is thought that the language itself was of Indo-European origin, similar to Mycenaean Greek.
Table showing the 45 signs of the Phaistos Disk. (Source: Davis, 2018:392) Heraklion Archaeological Museum
This table reveals plausible comparisons between the scripts of the Phaistos Disk (PD), Linear A (LA) and Linear B (LB).
(Source: Davis 2018:395)
Map of Crete showing Phaistos, Knossos and Aiya Triadha. (Source: Mentesana et al, 2015:490)
Goddess Astarte seems to be an amalgamation of Mesopotamian and Egyptian influences on
the Minoan idea of the goddess of love. (Source: World History Encyclopedia 2017) via
dr. π (pi)
.