Ib co ancient artifacts yog tiag tiag puzzling. Lawv loj thiab hnyav heev uas nws tsis tuaj yeem xav txawm tias lawv tuaj yeem siv los ntawm tib neeg lub cev.

Yog li, dab tsi yog lub hom phiaj ntawm cov axes loj heev thaum ub? Puas yog lawv tsuas yog tsim los ua cov khoom siv cim npe lossis siv los ntawm cov tsiaj loj loj?
Axes uas loj dua tib neeg tsis tuaj yeem siv hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua lossis ua cov cuab yeej ua liaj ua teb.

Archaeological Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Herakleion muaj ib tug tshwj xeeb sau ntawm cov khoom qub uas tau pom thaum lub sij hawm excavations ua nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov cheeb tsam ntawm Crete nrog rau cov archaeological chaw ntawm Knossos, Phaistos, Gortyn thiab ntau lwm tus neeg. Ntawm cov khoom, peb tuaj hla ob axes unearthed ntawm "Minoan Megaron" ntawm Nirou.
cov Minoans uas yog ib tug paub tsis meej, siab heev thiab ib tug ntawm cov laus tshaj plaws Bronze Age kev vam meej ntawm teb chaws Europe lub npe hu ua ob-axes - "labrys".

Labrys yog lub sij hawm rau ib tug symmetrical ob-bitted ax keeb kwm los ntawm Crete nyob rau hauv tim Nkij teb chaws, ib tug ntawm cov hiob cim ntawm Greek civilization. Ua ntej labrys los ua cov khoom cim, lawv ua haujlwm ua ib lub cuab yeej thiab hewing axe.
Cov Minoans tau tshwm sim kom muaj cov thev naus laus zis zoo kawg nkaus; ib tug ntawm lawv yog cov tsim cov me me, zoo kawg nkaus ntsaws ruaj ruaj, uas tau txawj carved tawm ntawm cov pob zeb mos mos, ivory, los yog pob txha. Qhov no intriguing ancient civilization tsim sophisticated lo ntsiab muag thiab cov neeg thaum ub tau nyob hauv ntau txoj kev ua ntej lawv lub sijhawm.
Yog li, nws tsuas yog qhov ncaj ncees los nug vim li cas cov neeg txawj ntse yuav tsim cov axes loj uas tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau tib neeg, ib txwm loj?

Qee cov kws tshawb fawb tau hais tias lo lus labyrinth yuav Ameslikas txhais tau tias "lub tsev ntawm ob tug axe". Cov kws tshaj lij ntawm cov cim xav tias tus vajtswv poj niam ntawm ob-axe ua tus thawj coj ntawm Minoan palaces, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog dhau lub palace ntawm Knossos.
Lub ob axes hnub tim rau lub sij hawm thib ob Palace thiab Post-Palace (1700 - 1300 BC).
Qhov tseeb hais tias cov axes thaum ub no loj heev, tsis ua pov thawj tias lawv tau wielded los ntawm loj heev. Nws yog qhov ua tau, tab sis nws kuj tuaj yeem ua tau raws li lub tsev khaws puav pheej thiab lwm qhov chaw thov, lawv tsuas yog cov khoom pov npav lossis cov khoom pe hawm xwb.