Mazes In Art
Throughout history mazes or labyrinths, have been found all over the world, both as real constructions and symbolic representations in art. There is even evidence that mazelike patterns were used by the ancients. They are found on Sumerian seals, Babylonian tablets, Etruscan wine jars, Roman mosaic pavements, on a pillar at Pompeii, even on the magnificent carved entrance stone to one of the oldest buildings in the world, the 5,000-year-old Newgrange Tomb in Ireland. But despite the frequency with which they have appeared, there is still very little understanding about their real significance of mazes or why they were built.