Phaistos (Greek: Φαιστός), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 5. 6 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. It was inhabited from about 4000 BC. [1] A palace, dating from the Middle Bronze Age, was destroyed by an earthquake during the Late Bronze Age. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for Knossos along with other Minoan sites was destroyed at that time. Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός kno̞ˈso̞s also known as the Knossos Palace is the largest The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. The palace was rebuilt toward the end of the Late Bronze Age. A palace is a grand residence especially the home of a Head of state or some other high-ranking Public figure.
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Archaeology
Phaistos was first excavated by Italian archaeologists Federico Halbherr and Luigi Pernier. Further excavations in 1950-1971 were conducted by Doro Levi. Doro Levi (1899-1991 was an Archaeologist who practiced in the Mediterranean countries in the 20th century
The Old Palace was built in the Protopalatial Period,[2] then rebuilt twice due to extensive earthquake damage. Minoan Pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. When the palace was destroyed by earthquake, the re-builders constructed a New Palace atop the old.
Several artifacts with Linear A inscriptions were excavated at this site. Linear A is one of two linear scripts used in ancient Crete before Greek Mycenaean Linear B. The name of the site also appears in partially deciphered Linear A texts, and is probably similar to Mycenaean 'PA-I-TO' as written in Linear B. Linear B is a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of Greek. Several kouloura structures (subsurface pits) have been found at Phaistos. A koulara is a circular shaped subsurface pit found in certain Settlements within Ancient Greece. Pottery has been recovered at Phaistos from in the Middle and Late Minoan periods, including polychrome items and embossing in imitation of metal work. For the character from the Oz series see Polychrome (fictional character. Bronze Age works from Phaistos include bridge spouted bowls, eggshell cups, tall jars and large pithoi. A bridge spouted vessel is a particular design of pitcher originating in antiquity there is typically a connecting element between the spout and filling aperture and the spout Pithos (plural pithoi) is the ancient Greek word ( πίθος, πίθοι) for a large storage jar of a characteristic shape [3]
In 1908, Pernier found the Phaistos disc there. The Phaistos Disc ( Phaistos Disk, Phaestos Disc) is a disk of fired Clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos, possibly dating This artifact is a clay disk, dated to between 1950 BC and 1400 BC and impressed with a unique sophisticated hieroglyphic script. Cretan hieroglyphs are found on artifacts of Bronze Age Minoan Crete (early to mid 2nd millennium BC, MM I to MM III overlapping with
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Amari is a province on the island of Crete in Greece. Much of the history of Crete took place near the Psiloriti Range within Amari The Ieropotamos River is a watercourse in southern Crete in Greece. This article is about a settlement on Crete; for other uses see Kalyvia. Kamares is the location of an Archaeological site of a Minoan Sacred cave in south-central Crete, Greece.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic