Slide Show of Plane Geometry/Constellations Preserved on the Phaistos Disk Revealed by Connecting Matching Pictographs with Lines

Oh My God, it's full of stars!

"The thing's hollow! It goes on forever..." Well, it has gone on for seventeen years, for me anyway, and it sort of seems like forever. The Phaistos Disk, a 1,700 BCE space odyssey in its own right, is an ancient artifact nearly 4,000 years old. But recently an archaeologist claimed the Phaistos Disk to be a hoax, and he also claimed to be an authority on art hoaxes. I take this opportunity to defend the Phaistos Disk and its discoverer.

(a) - He published this theory as an article in a magazine he funds himself. The magazine contains archaeology articles and advertisements for antique furniture that he owns.

(b) - He claims Pernier, who discovered the disk in 1908, was motivated to create it and plant it there because he was jealous of Sir Arthur Evans' fame.

(c) - Pernier, the discoverer of the Phaistos Disk, is dead and cannot defend himself, nor has anything ever been written or recorded to indicate Pernier did anything wrong.

(d) - He seeks to create a debate in London at the Society of Antiqueries as to whether it is a forgery.

(e) - He chooses who will debate his theory that the disk is a forgery.

(f) - He has invited as a keynote speaker another archaeologist who is an expert in Aegean scripts.

(g) - When I offered, by email, to appear at the debate and defend Pernier and disprove the forgery theory, I have so far received no response. I do not expect to receive an invitation. Therefore, the following is my debate.

(h) - Less than a day after I first published this web page, I received this email response.

Dear Ms. Watson,

Please excuse my delay in answering your very interesting e-mail as I have been inundated with e-mail correspondence. I would certainly be interested in receiving your abstract for either an oral or poster presentation for the Conference provided it is [sic] basically consists of new and original ideas beyond your Minoan wave spiral concept and not something that you have already published on your website (which I have made reference to in my article).

I look forward to your reply and to the possibility that you might attend the Conference.

Cordially,

Jerome M. Eisenberg. Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Minerva,
The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology,
and
Chairman, International Conference on the Phaistos Disk

I have intensively researched the Phaistos Disk for seventeen years and I believe it is an authentic Minoan artifact. I also believe that the man who created this hoax theory is motivated to draw attention to himself, to sell subscriptions to his magazine and to create more advertising revenue for his advertisers. I suggest it is not Pernier who was jealous of Evans but the hoaxologist who is jealous of Pernier for achieving something remarkable in archaeology. Eisenberg has no qualms in destroying Pernier's good name and reputation in order to sell subscriptions and furniture. He may call his scheduled event the International Conference on the Phaistos Disk, but he certainly has no intentions of holding a serious debate on the Phaistos Disk suitable to the antiquarian society.

The Society of Antiqueries in London is centuries-old and is a respected forum for debate, but Eisenberg does not hesitate to use this society to commercialize himself. The original concept of the debate was one of scholarship and not commercialism. The Society should halt this conference, or remove him from control of who will attend, and take control of it themselves, so that at the center of the debate is the Phaistos Disk. The debate should include anyone who has original material to present in debating this hoax theory, which also entails defending Pernier and his good name. If only linguists and scriptologists attend, then no meaningful debate can be expected that would disprove the hoaxologist's theory, as the Phaistos Disk contains a one-off script, if it really is a script at all.

HERE IS WHAT HE DOES NOT WANT ME TO PRESENT AT HIS HOAX CONFERENCE
AS IT WOULD DISPROVE HIS HOAX THEORY

My work on the Phaistos Disk has been published for many years and while it may not conclusively prove what the Phaistos Disk is all about, it certainly proves conclusively that this artifact cannot possibly be a forgery, and for several reasons.

(1) - The Phaistos Disk is remarkable no matter when it was created. Even today, this would be an amazing creation by a ceramics artist. But in 1908 when it was discovered not enough was known about this civilization, or even this period of time, by any artist or archaeologist anywhere to create this pottery art masterpiece that so perfectly aligns itself with what we now know about the Minoan Civilization.

(2) - Even if you could present a good argument that this incredible artifact could be created by someone in 1908, you could hardly argue effectively that the artist who created it would be satisfied to remain forever anonymous, with not even a death bed confession.

(3) - Even an archaeologist overcome with jealously could still reason that the discovery of one significant artifact could never outweigh the discovery by Evans of an entire lost civilization.

(4) - A scientific test that would destroy part of the artifact is not even necessary. Just a look at the eight hidden patterns on the disk will prove its authenticity. They are: a Minoan wave spiral; a Minoan figure 8 shield; a star inside a heptagon which could be the star Sirius surrounded by the seven planets; a perfect image of the constellation Argo; an interior view of a pyramid; an exterior view of a pyramid that could be the Great Pyramid; and an image that might be the sacred cave where telescope lenses were discovered that are now on display in a museum in Crete.

(5) - A debate worthy of the Society of Antiqueries in London would be how significant these images could be in establishing a theory of Minoan astronomy. This of course does not further the agenda of the hoaxologist, but it does acknowledge Pernier in his significant discovery and it lends a great deal of credence to recent theories by archaeologists G. Henriksson and M. Blomberg who write:

We argue from these results (astronomical orientation of the palaces of Crete) that the Minoans had begun systematic observations of the sun, the moon and the bright star Arcturus by the end of the Early Minoan Period (ca 2000 BC). The proximity of Crete to Egypt and the Near East and the documented contact among these regions invite comparison of the calendrical uses of astronomical knowledge in the three areas in the Bronze Age.

In conclusion, the Phaistos Disk hoax theory is not sound and is even dangerous because it threatens to derail the possibility of significant research into the area of Minoan astronomy. More important than selling antique furniture is to discuss whether the Minoans were astronomers in their own right. A look at the Phaistos Disk and these eight patterns might justify the funding of more research into this area of archaeoastronomy.

Phaistos Disk Side 1

Phaistos Disk Side 2

PHAISTOS DISK TRACINGS BY ME

THE PICTOGRAPHS THAT ARE REPEATED ON THE PHAISTOS DISK
APPEAR TO BE IDENTICAL

I CONNECTED THESE IDENTICAL PICTOGRAPHS WITH LINES LIKE CONNECT-THE-DOTS
Leaving none out and adding nothing
To Find These Images Hidden in Plain Sight

Pattern #1 - Connecting Stars/Shields with Lines to Produce Constellations Star Sirius or stars connected by lines to produce constellations; Pentagram inside a heptagram

15 Side A

As you can see, this man is holding the disk as a shield at his belt. The Phaistos Disk may be a template for a Bronze Age shield, perhaps the legendary shield that became known later on in history as Shield of Achilles. Or there is the possibility this indicates stars in constellation Orion, such as Orions's Belt. Could this be a protypical Zeus holding the Disk of the World?

Whatever it may be, this pottery art masterpiece contains a beautiful artistic design that, when colorized and animated, seems modern and not at all 3,600 years old. Does this indicate the Minoans believed the Star Sirius, the mother Isis/Rhea, is shielding us? This is, perhaps, an image of our planetary shield.

Drag me! I think the Phaistos Disk was created by early Egyptian and Minoan astronomers.

Pattern #2 - Connecting Stars/Pomegranates with Lines to Produce Constellation Argo Constellation Argo "Solar-Boat" at the Great Pyramid For the Pharoah's afterlife journey to Osiris?

15 Pomegranate/Star Pictographs on Side B

In this Phaistos Disk image of the picture perfect constellation Argo, the sails are a great pyramid that sit atop the boat. This makes me wonder if the Egyptians conceived of the idea of the Great Pyramid as being in the sky and sailing along as part of the Constellation Argo. That would help to explain the presence of the boat at the Great Pyramid. Could the pharaoh have believed that the Great Pyramid would be his house afterdeath and that his house would be taken up with him in it, at least in spirit, along with his entourage to Osiris, to sail with the god in his barque? The constellation was also known as Barque of Osiris, that which conveyed the god Osiris through the heavens. Through a transformation of myth, this became the Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts who sailed across the heavens in the Argo as they searched for the Golden Fleece (left, pictograph on the disk).

The next two images on the disk, interior and exterior views of the Great Pyramid, tend to confirm the above ideas regarding the boat, the pyramid and the stars.

Pattern #3 - Connecting Dots/Pyramids with Lines to Produce Exterior View of the Great Pyramid Exterior View Pyramid	6 Side A

Pattern #4 - Connecting Dots/Fleece with Lines to Produce Interior View of the Great Pyramid

Interior View Pyramid
with a Minoan stylized pictograph of Isis visible
through the door leading to the "subterranean chamber"
Pyramid image revealed by connecting the 10 fleece pictographs.