Labyrinth is a word of pre-Greek origin whose derivation and meaning are uncertain. Maximillian Mayer suggested as early as 1892 that labyrinthos might derive from labrys, a Lydian word for "double-bladed axe". See more

The 7-course "Classical" or "Cretan" pattern known from Cretan coins (ca 400–200 BC) appears in several examples from antiquity, some perhaps as early as the late Stone Age or … See more

When the early humanist Benzo d'Alessandria visited Verona before 1310, he noted the "Laberinthum which is now called the Arena"; perhaps he was seeing the cubiculi beneath … See more

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Cretan labyrinth
When the Bronze Age site at Knossos was excavated by archaeologist Arthur Evans, … See more

Starting in the late 20th century, there has been a resurgence of interest in labyrinths and a revival in labyrinth building, of both unicursal and … See more

1. ^ Doob 1992, p. 36
2. ^ Kern, Through the Labyrinth, 2000, item 43, p. 53.
3. ^ Kern, Through the Labyrinth, 2000, item 50, p. 54.
4. ^ Penelope Reed Doob, The Idea of the Labyrinth, pp. 40–41. See more