The lost Egyptian labyrinth

Egypt has an incredible number of surviving monuments, many still standing to a substantial height, but there are many others that have little or no trace remaining. One such is the so-called ‘Labyrinth’ (or maze). It has almost disappeared, but clearly impressed Classical writers. Herodotus (c.484-425 BC) and Strabo (c.64 BC-AD 24) both declared the monument to be equal to or greater than the pyramids in grandeur. I have seen it myself, and indeed words cannot describe it…Though the pyramids beggar description and each one of them is a match for many great monuments built by Greeks, this maze surpasses even the pyramids.(Herodotus, Histories 2.148.1-3) the Labyrinth, a work equa