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Everyone has heard about these structures. They can be found on all the continents of our planet. Some of them are grandiose structures, others look unusual figures, laid out of stones on the ground.
These are ancient labyrinths. What is it that our ancestors built them for? Such questions have been heard for a long time, and there is no single answer.
Maze puzzles-legacy of the ancients
The first labyrinths man began to create in the stone age.
Some of them are rock carvings, others – laid out stone patterns. As a rule, they look like lines twisted around the center. This is the so-called classical form. Modern scientists believe that these mazes served as a kind of amulets for our ancestors.
One of the most famous labyrinths, built-in 2200 BC, is located in Egypt, near the lake Birket-Karun. This majestic building, according to many scientists, served as the burial place of the Pharaoh and the sacred crocodiles.
This building covers an area of more than 70 thousand square meters and includes several thousand passages and halls. Herodotus, describing the maze, said that at its creation was spent a lot more than all the other buildings of the Egyptians.
The most famous labyrinth in history is the Cretan labyrinth. According to legend, it sharpened master Daedalus commissioned by King Minos. The Cretan labyrinth is similar in structure to the Egyptian one but much smaller.
According to legend, Minos placed the Minotaur, the bull-man, in the labyrinth. And when Crete won the war against Athens, Minos demanded that every nine years the Athenians as a victim sent to the monster to eat seven boys and seven girls.
This continued until the moment when the maze was not Theseus, who killed the Minotaur and, with the help of Ariadne, got out of the maze. The labyrinth was destroyed more than 3 thousand years ago. But interest in him does not subside.
Scientists today argue: was it at all? Some believe the labyrinth directly Palace of Minos, others, based on the latest findings of archaeologists, believe that this building existed.
Find ancient labyrinths and in the territory of our country.
Only on the Solovetsky Islands, there are about a thousand of them.
According to scientists labyrinths, ancient could fulfill several functions. There could build, as impassable obstacles for enemies. The labyrinth could serve as a test for humans.
Perhaps the ancients believed labyrinths gate to the afterlife. In our time, these functions have long been lost, mazes are used only as decoration or entertainment.
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