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Article: AN ANCIENT DISK'S SECRET MESSAGE.(mysterious clay disk called Phaistos Disk on display at Archaeological Museum in Iraklion, Crete)
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- Highlights for Children
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- March 1, 2000
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Have you ever decoded a secret message? On the Greek island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea, there is a message so puzzling that it has remained a secret since its discovery almost one hundred years ago.
The message is ancient. Almost four thousand years ago it was stamped onto a disk that, was pressed from a ball of clay In order to read the message, you need the right system. The problem is, no one knows that system.
This mysterious clay disk is on display at the Archaeological Museum in Iraklion, Crete, along with other Minoan treasures. (The term Minoan refers to Crete's ancient civilization.) The disk, slightly larger than a saucer, is thicker in ...