Jan Best
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Jan Gijsbert Pieter Best was a Dutch pre- and protohistorian, comparative linguist, archaeologist, and author. For about 30 years, he was Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he taught anci
Clay label of king Muwa from Mallia (sector Mu). A = front, B = back. Image from Het Byblosschrift ontcijferd - In het voetspoor van Willem Glasbergen [nl]
Phaistos Disc
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The Phaistos Disc, or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language. Its
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…resistance among his colleagues who were mainly trained in the classical languages. With coauthors, Best also offered the decipherment of the famous Phaistos Disc from the island of Crete. Jan Best and Fred Woudhuizen pointed out some significant parallels between the Phaistos disk script and the Anatolian…
Phaistos Disc — Side A
Phaistos Disc — Side B
Palace complex at Phaistos
Ritual sea snail (triton) conch, decorated with red paint. Phaistos, 3600–3000 BC.