Knossos wasn’t the only Minoan palace on Crete (see previous post). There were also ones at Mallia on the north coast and Phaistos on the central south coast. One of the most enigmatic finds at Phaistos has been called ‘The Phaistos Disk’, a circular clay tablet about six inches in diameter. It has a series of symbols on both sides, spiraling out from the center. Nobody knows what the symbols are or what they mean. Are they hieroglyphs, words built from an alphabet, or a syllabary or other kind of code? Not everyone is convinced that it’s an authentic find, but some other artifacts have been discovered that have similar symbols. Until someone figures it out, we’ll just have to use our imaginations.