The mazes of square or rectangular form are the oldest ones that exist; The first known representation of a maze of this type is found on a Pilo tablet and we also find it, as a seal, in the tombs of ancient Egypt. Round or circular labyrinths appeared at the end of the VII century BC. In Etruscan Italy; Later found in the coins of Knossos, at the end of the third century and believed to be used as a map of the famous Labyrinth of Crete.
The labyrinth owes its name to the legendary construction designed by the inventor Daedalus at the request of King Minos of Crete to keep his son Minotauro (monster half man, half bull) imprisoned, who was killed by Theseus, who entered the inextricable corridors Leaving a trace of thread (that had given him the princess Ariadna, sister of the monster).
Although no site in Crete has been positively identified as the labyrinth of the Minotaur, in Knossos there were coins of the third century BC. C. with the symbol of the maze in them. The typical format during this period is a circuit of seven meanders or tracks, known as the "classic maze".
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