Decrypting the Phaistos Disk: Gareth Owens at TEDxHeraklion Gareth Owens has studied Classics & Ancient History at UCL, and has received a Phd from EKPA on the Structure of the Minoan Language. For the last 6 years, he focuses on the Enigma of the Phaistos Disk. «We can now ‘read’ and ‘hear’ 90% of the Disk. This is what I would dearly like to share with TEDx».
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| Discovered in 1907 in the Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, the disk has been the subject of many an interpretation attempt. However, the small total body of text – it consists of only 241 signs on both sides, based on 45 individual signs – defies any decisive conclusion [Credit: Yves Brise/Flickr] |
Gareth Owens, speaking at the TEI of Western Macedonia on Monday, said the disk is dedicated to a “mother”. “The most stable word and value is ‘mother’, and in particular the mother goddess of the Minoan era,” said Dr. Owens. He says there is one complex of signs found in three parts of one side of the disk spelling I-QE-KU-RJA, with I-QE meaning “great lady of importance” while a key word appears to be AKKA, or “pregnant mother,” according to the researcher. One side is devoted to a pregnant woman and the other to a woman giving birth. (www.archaeologynewsnetwork.BlogSpot.com)
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