Интересно любителям древней истории Interesting for lovers of ancient history

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This museum has a fantastic collection of artifacts, including the Phaistos Disc! The Minoans worshiped the Moon! Structuring the text of the Phaistos disc shows that it was copied by the manufacturer of the disc, either from inscriptions made in the form of three double-sided axes, or from inscriptions on similar axes themselves (labrys) from palace or cave sanctuaries. The text is a list of dedications of the main rulers of Crete to the lunar deity. One of these axes, the largest, with four blades, may have been used as a kind of lunar calendar. The disc itself, Full Moon, is a kind of portable version of these initiations. These initiations were made in order to receive the blessing of the moon god. It is possible that the number of initiations of each ruler depended on the number of buildings (palaces and villas) he had.
Hence, another purpose of the Phaistos disk is to protect in the form of a coil of a snake (the inscriptions on the disk are in a spiral) for these buildings and all those living in them, because the Minoans believed that a snake in the house brings God's blessing. The Phaistos disk was made before the largest earthquake in 1700 BC. e. destroyed the early palace. Since the disk, as a talisman, did not save this palace from destruction, it was later "punished" - it was disguised under a layer of plaster in the main cell of the building's hiding place. http://phaestos-disk. at. ua/