The puzzle of the Voynich Manuscript
Oceania's wooden whispers: Rongorongo
The stamped clay of Crete: The Phaistos Disc
The strange pages of the Rohonc Codex
YOUR GOAL
Master of The library of unreadable books
007skaty While scholars debate the spiral's reading direction, incised lines separate thirty sign groups on side A and thirty-one
007skaty An open book displays stamped, undeciphered symbols that remain a mystery today.
007skaty Decode the stamped clay symbols to discover why this ancient message remains unreadable.
The stamp pioneer: The Phaistos Disc is the oldest known example of typography, beating Gutenberg's printing press by nearly three thousand years.
A circular clay plate from Bronze Age Crete inscribed with a spiral of stamped symbols. Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier excavated the unique artifact from a southern Cretan palace basement in 1908.
In what shape or layout are the symbols arranged on both sides of the Phaistos Disc?
What makes the writing method of the Phaistos Disc unique for the ancient Bronze Age?
In which year was the mysterious clay Phaistos Disc discovered on the island of Crete?