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  • Egypt breakthrough: How 2,000-year-old mystery was solved after 'lost labyrinth' discovery

    07/15/2020 3:01:04 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 33 replies
    Express.co.uk ^ | Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | Callum Hoare
    The discovery was made in Dashur, an archaeological site 90km south of Cairo, where the tattered remains of Pharaoh Amenemhat III's Black Pyramid can be seen today. The huge mortuary temple that originally stood adjacent to this pyramid is believed to have formed the basis of the complex of buildings with galleries and courtyards called a "labyrinth" by famed ancient Greek historian Herodotus. With no visible remains, the story was thought to simply be a legend passed down by generations until Egyptologist Flinders Petrie uncovered its "foundations" in the 1800s, leading experts to theories the labyrinth was demolished under the...