# The Arkalochori axe

> The Arkalochori axe

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/artifacts/ART0D1GGGEM4WPP/the-arkalochori-axe  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D1GGGEM4WPP·Artifact · object

# The Arkalochori axe

PhotographCC0Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan I, by the cave deposit

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[![The Arkalochori axe: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/phaistos-disc-a-arkalochori-axe-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/phaistos-disc-a-arkalochori-axe-m1?w=2000)

The Arkalochori axe: photograph

[![The Arkalochori axe: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/phaistos-disc-a-arkalochori-axe-m1)][![The Arkalochori axe: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/phaistos-disc-a-arkalochori-axe-m2)][![The Arkalochori axe: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/phaistos-disc-a-arkalochori-axe-m3)]

C messier. CC0

## Copies 4

**Photo** various · commons.wikimedia.org · varies by file1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arkalochori_Axe)

**Photograph** C messier · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arkalochori_Axe_215.jpg)

**Photograph** Olaf Tausch · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Axt_von_Arkalochori_10.jpg)

**Photograph** Olaf Tausch · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Axt_von_Arkalochori_02.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Arkalochori cave](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG2S455N7/arkalochori-cave) · Sacred cave

## Sources 1

- [How Not to Decipher the Phaistos Disc: A Review Article](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFZKJ0DQG/how-not-to-decipher-the-phaistos-disc-a-review-article)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Arkalochori axe [Artifact ART0D1GGGEM4WPP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D1GGGEM4WPP
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Key

**ART** 0D1GGGEM4WPP

Kind

Object

Held by

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Dated

Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan I, by the cave deposit

Licence

CC0

Place

[Arkalochori cave](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG2S455N7/arkalochori-cave)

Part of

[Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc)

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