Gavin’s interview with Greek national television leads to an encounter with Dr. Minas Tsikritsis, a Greek mathematician who has carried out some ground-breaking research into Linear A, one of the world’s greatest linguistic conundrums. Dr. Tsikritsis had also been studying the Phaestos Disc. His research mirrors Gavin’s own findings – that the Minoans had pioneered a maritime trade empire, with bases spanning the world from India to North America. One of his most astounding discoveries is about the Minoans’ in-depth understanding of mathematics, which helped them develop their knowledge of the stars. Once he first began to suspect that the Minoans’ grasp of mathematics was as inventive as that of the Babylonians, Dr. Tsikritsis made it his business to discover other formulae that the Minoans had left behind. He discovered that they could count; in tens of thousands if they needed to. They could add, divide and subtract. He had discovered that the Minoan use of geometry and complex mathematics was unrivalled.
Further reading:
M. Tsikritsis, “Linear A – Contributing to the understanding of an Aegean script”, published by Vikelea Municipal Library of Heraklion, January 2001
References to this book
http://archive.enet.gr/online/ss3?q=%D4%F3%E9%EA%F1%E9%F4%F3%DE%F2&a=&pb=0&dt1=&dt2=&r=0&p=0&id=27896252
http://www.patris.gr/articles/13653/
http://www.patris.gr/articles/10669/
M. Tsikritsis, “ The disc of phaistos, a guide for its decipherement”, personal publication, Heraklion, Crete, January 2006.
Following the discovery of inscribed Phaistos Disc, an intense debate has been developed about its content and its possible interpretation.
References to this book:
http://www.patris.gr/articles/98022/
“The secret Alphabet of Phaistos disc”:
“Five proposals for checking the validity of Disc of Phaistos” http://www.patris.gr/articles/139357/
M. Tsikritsis, ” Plato, Crete, Atlantis and the Holy mountain of Giouktas”, published by Secondary education office of Heraklion, December 2008.
References to this article:
http://atlantis2008.conferences.gr/uploads/media/ATLANTIS_2008_Accepted_abstracts.PDF
Article about “The voyage of Plato to Crete”: http://www.patris.gr/articles/147460/
M. Tsikritsis,”Minoans: the first cartographers in the World“, “Eleutherotypia”, Newspaper 24.01.2009 p.7. http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=10395
M. Tsikritsis , “The mountain Giouktas and the ring of Minos”, “Cretan Panorama”, Magazine pp 164-179, March 2008:
http://www.104fm.gr/all-news/culture/77-books/3179–25-.html
M. Tsikritsis, “Writing and Culture in the Philistines”, “Eleutherotypia”, Newspaper, 28.08.2007 p.7. http://archive.enet.gr/online/ss3?q=%D6%E9%EB%E9%F3%F4%E1%DF%EF%E9&a=&pb=0&dt1=&dt2=&r=1&p=0&id=38132344
M. Tsikritsis, “Minoans, the rulers of the Mediterranean”. “ToVima” (section of science), Newspaper 12.08.2007,pp 27-29. http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/?aid=182947&wordsinarticle=%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%82
M. Tsikritsis, “The mathematics of the Minoans, fractions and decimal system, geometric regression“. Eleutherotypia ”, Newspaper, 9/12/06 p. 59. http://archive.enet.gr/online/ss3?q=%D4%F3%E9%EA%F1%E9%F4%F3%DE%F2&a=&pb=0&dt1=&dt2=&r=0&p=0&id=22863508
M. Tsikritsis,” Egyptian Healing(treatment) Spells in the language of Keftiu”,”Partis” Newspaper 19/04/2005 p.22. http://www.patris.gr/articles/58681/21964, http://www.patris.gr/articles/58681/22010
M. Tsikritsis, “The Origin of Olympic and ancient Minoan Games”, published by Prefecture of Heraklion, April 2004. http://stigmes.gr/br/brpages/articles/creteolym.htm
“Minoans the first cartographers of the world”:
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=10395
“The Greek scripts in Cretan hieroglyphics”:
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=115244
Equinox in Cretan – Mycenaean civilization: http://www.patris.gr/articles/188098/
Equinox and Summer solstice in Cretan – Mycenaean civilization:
http://www.patris.gr/articles/181837/
References to the Minoan analog computer:
http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/?aid=391661&wordsinarticle=%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%82
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/04/researcher-cites-ancient-minoan-era.html
