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Mazes and Labyriths: Chapter II. The Egyptian Labyrinth

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(i) Accounts of the Ancient Writers THE earliest structure of any kind to which we find the word labyrinth applied was a huge building situated in the North of Egypt, a land always noted for its stupendous monuments, and was probably constructed more than 2000 years before the commencement of the Christian era. We live in an age when the use of constructional steel enables the dreams of the architect to materialise in many ways that would astonish the builders of old; nevertheless, the modern…

Mazes and Labyriths: Chapter II. The Egyptian Labyrinth

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