# Phaistos · Place

> Phaistos is a minoan palace site in the record of Cretan Hieroglyphic, placed to about 100 m. In Cretan Hieroglyphic.

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# Phaistos

[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)[1 source][35.0514° N, 24.8139° E]

Phaistos is a minoan palace site in the record of Cretan Hieroglyphic, placed to about 100 m.

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Placed from Same point as the Phaistos record of the Phaistos Disc mystery on this site, which was taken from OpenStreetMap way 375076151. · Placed to about 100 m[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic#map)

## In the mysteries

**Cretan Hieroglyphic**

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

[Do the Malia altar stone and the Arkalochori axe belong to Cretan Hieroglyphic?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDX68Z885Q/do-the-malia-altar-stone-and-the-arkalochori-axe-belong-to)No evidence yet: No evidence yet

## Nearby within 500 km

[Phaistos](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG29G16R8/phaistos)

Minoan palace site

here

[Haghia Triada](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHK0RR1BYQ/haghia-triada)

Minoan villa and town

2 km W

[Crete](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG2HA1W4A/crete)

island

18 km NE

[Crete](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHK10J5E5G/crete)

island

18 km NE

[Crete](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQR5AQ88P/crete)

island

18 km NE

[Archanes-Phourni cemetery](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQ4851DSS/archanes-phourni-cemetery)

Minoan cemetery

38 km NE

## Sources 1

[Cretan Hieroglyphic: The Earliest Script on Crete. Semiotics, Linguistics, Archaeology and Palaeography](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGNWHJN54/cretan-hieroglyphic-the-earliest-script-on-crete-semiotics)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Phaistos [Place PLC0DEDPZK8Z36E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDPZK8Z36E
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Key

**PLC** 0DEDPZK8Z36E

Record

Place

Kind

Minoan palace site

Position

35.0514° N, 24.8139° E

Precision

About 100 m

Placed from

Same point as the Phaistos record of the Phaistos Disc mystery on this site, which was taken from OpenStreetMap way 375076151.

In

[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9054486)

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