August
07
/ 2015
Archaeologists have uncovered a labyrinth in India that dates back 2,000 years and has a pattern similar to those found on clay tablets found at Pylos, Greece, from 1200 BC. The square Indian labyrinth, which measures 56 feet (17 meters) by 56 feet (17 meters), is in Gedimedu near Pollachi and is being excavated by researchers from the Verarajendran Archaeological and Historical Research Centre, of Tirupur, says the Times of India. The site is on an ancient trade route on the east coast that went from Palakkad Gap to Alagankulam. Locals have built a temple over the labyrinth, but archaeologists intend to ask them to remove it to allow further excavation and study. “The labyrinth has one pathway which leads
