Linear A Companion is a platform dedicated to the study of Linear A, the script of Minoan Crete and one of the world’s last undeciphered languages. Rooted in established scholarship and enriched by open datasets, it combines traditional methods with visual glyph recognition and exploratory grammar tools. The platform invites scholars and independent researchers to engage directly with the material, fostering shared insight and continued discovery. All interpretive features are presented with transparency, clearly distinguishing between evidence-based analysis and speculative reconstruction.
This research and the accompanying website build upon the outstanding work of scholars who have dedicated their lives to the decipherment, classification, and study of the Linear A script.
My contribution lies in applying contemporary computational methods — driven not only by academic interest, but by a personal love for the history and culture of Crete, the island of my birth.
What was originally imagined as a multi-year development arc has been realised in a matter of months. This was not a one-directional process, but a reciprocal one — an exchange in which information, hypotheses, and methodology passed between researcher and system. Through this collaboration, the structural underpinnings and interpretive reach of the Zakros project were significantly strengthened. All instances of use by others will only add to the database and enhanse the proficiensy of the Zakros AI.
George Sfougaras is an artist and researcher, based in the UK. This website and Zakros AI is dedicated to the island of his birth, Crete. He has held several posts within the British Educational system, most recently as a headteacher. His written and visual works are concerned with the way people’s lives are affected by history and how national symbols, myths and rhetoric shape identity.
ChatGPT-4o
To describe ChatGPT merely as a 'tool' would be to diminish the transformative nature of the technology. It is not only capable of interfacing with data but of engaging in the refinement of complex conceptual structures, often in ways that anticipate or accelerate human design. In the case of Zakros AI, it played a critical role in helping me to shape, debug, and train the Zakros AI interface and structure.
