Zinthu zina zakale kwambiri n’zodabwitsa kwambiri. Ndi zazikulu komanso zolemera kwambiri kotero kuti ndizosatheka kuziganizira kuti zikanagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu wamba.
Ndiyeno kodi nkhwangwa zakalekale zimenezi zinali zotani? Kodi zinangopangidwa monga zinthu zophiphiritsira zamwambo kapena kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu aatali kwambiri?
Nkhwangwa zazikulu kuposa anthu sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito pankhondo kapena ngati zida zaulimi.
Archaeological Museum of Herakleion ili ndi mndandanda wapadera wa zinthu zakale zomwe zidapezeka pakufukula komwe kunachitika kumadera onse a Krete kuphatikiza malo ofukula zakale a Knossos, Phaistos, Gortyn ndi ena ambiri. Pakati pa zinthu, timapeza nkhwangwa ziwiri zofukulidwa pa "Minoan Megaron" ku Nirou.
The Ma Minoan omwe anali odabwitsa, otsogola komanso amodzi mwa zitukuko zakale kwambiri za Bronze Age ku Europe anatcha nkhwangwa iwiri - "labrys".
Labrys ndi mawu otanthauza nkhwangwa yolumidwa pawiri yochokera ku Krete ku Greece, chimodzi mwazizindikiro zakale kwambiri zachitukuko chachi Greek. Ma labri asanakhale zinthu zophiphiritsira, ankagwira ntchito ngati chida ndi nkhwangwa.
A Minoan ankawoneka kuti anali ndi matekinoloje odabwitsa; chimodzi mwa izo chinali kupangidwa kwa zidindo ting’onoting’ono, zodabwitsa, zimene zinasema mwaluso ku miyala yofewa, minyanga ya njovu, kapena fupa. Chitukuko chakale chochititsa chidwi chimenechi chinatuluka magalasi apamwamba ndipo anthu akalewa anali m'njira zambiri patsogolo pa nthawi yawo.
Choncho, n’kwanzeru kufunsa kuti n’chifukwa chiyani anthu anzeru chonchi akanapanga nkhwangwa zazikulu zomwe zinalibe ntchito kwa anthu wamba, ooneka bwino?
Akatswiri ena amanena kuti mawu akuti labyrinth mwina poyamba ankatanthauza “nyumba ya nkhwangwa ziwiri”. Akatswiri pa zizindikiro amaganiza kuti mulungu wamkazi wa nkhwangwa ziwiri ankatsogolera nyumba zachifumu za Minoan, makamaka pa nyumba yachifumu ya Knossos.
Nkhwangwa ziwirizi zidayamba nthawi ya Second Palace ndi Post-Palace (1700 - 1300 BC).
Mfundo yakuti nkhwangwa zakalezi ndi zazikulu kwambiri, sizikusonyeza kuti zinkagwidwa ndi zimphona. Ndizotheka, koma zitha kukhalanso monga momwe nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi magwero ena amanenera, zinali zinthu zodziyimira pawokha kapena zolambirira.
