Research into Mazes

Our Museum of Mazes presents evidence which challenges these popular myths about mazes:

• A maze differs from a labyrinth
• The labyrinth was invented by the Ancient Greeks
• The labyrinth of Theseus was in the basement of the Minoan Palace at Knossos
• The myth of Theseus is a historical account
• A maze is a puzzle with lots of paths
• Mazes are solved by finding your way to the centre
• Theseus trailed a thread behind him to find his way out of the labyrinth
• Mazes have always had high walls or hedges
• All mazes can be solved by turning left/right and following one wall
• Mazes are particularly English, or a Victorian invention
• The maze at Hampton Court is one of the most complicated
• The labyrinth was a Celtic pattern
• There is one, true, labyrinth

Those are the myths. Archaeological evidence points to much more amazing conclusions. Visit The AMAZING HEDGE PUZZLE to see the evidence and experience the world's oldest puzzles "hands-on" in the Museum of Mazes.