#phaistosdisc — Public Fediverse posts

@bobthetraveler some thoughts:
there is a cheap and excellent bus service from #Heraklion, so you don't really need a car to get to #Knossos.
sewage and rain drains are intentionally mixed in modern drainage systems, because the rain water helps to dilute and move the sewage.
the #PhaistosDisc is often called the first known "movable type system", which is correct. some people might conflate that with a printing system a la Gutenberg.

#minoancivilization
We also casually inspected the mysterious #PhaistosDisc and theorised its meaning, which has puzzled archeologists for years: It might be a calendar! Specifically a calendar of tributes to be paid by the workforce to the elite society of uptown Knossos.
This is taking into account that the discus was revised a few times. In fact it's the first movable type system in history (1850-1600 BC), using stamps in wet clay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc #kphoto #khistory