Flinders Petrie began excavating the Egyptian labyrinth at Hawara in 1888 and mapped a vast built complex; the video cites a footprint of roughly 1,000 by 800 feet. The video argues that the site could contain all major Egyptian temples combined and that its architecture mirrors the Valley Temple, Sphinx Temple and Osireion. Hawara was chiefly mud brick with stone foundations, and that architectural match is the presenter's theory, not consensus. 🏛️🔲
Video argues Egypt's Hawara labyrinth mirrors Giza and Abydos stone temples
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Key facts
- Hawara is the Egyptian site excavated by Flinders Petrie; Humeima is a separate archaeological site in Jordan.
- Petrie began excavating Hawara in 1888 and mapped the complex. The video cites a footprint of roughly 1,000 by 800 feet (about 305 by 244 metres).
- Petrie recorded stone chips and plaster within the excavated remains of a built complex; these finds do not establish a shared architectural style with Giza or Abydos.
- The video argues that the complex could contain all major Egyptian temples combined and that it matches the Valley Temple, Sphinx Temple and Osireion in construction style.
- The excavated Hawara complex is chiefly mud brick with stone foundations, so the proposed architectural match is the presenter's interpretation, not an established archaeological finding.
- Pliny described a stone labyrinth with monolithic columns; the cited account does not specify the claimed pairing of white calcite and Aswan granite.
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Petrie at Hawara: Pioneering Debatable Standards?archaeologybulletin.org
by D Brügger · 2022 · Cited by 2 — Flinders Petrie's first two seasons in Hawara, between 1888 and 1889, were arguably pivotal for the career of the British archaeologist. ed to encompass ...
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Flinders Petrie · The Hawara archaeological site, home to the enigmatic Labyrinth of Egypt, has captivated explorers and scholars for centuries.
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Sir Flinders Petrie thought that this represented a model for Hawara pyramid. from the east Labyrinth, fire altar. The labyrinth was first located in modern ...
Labyrinth of Egypten.wikipedia.org
The last person to conduct an official survey of the labyrinth's location in Hawara was the British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie. In 1888, he examined ...
The Egyptian 'Labyrinth' at Hawara - egyptexperienceegyptexperience.wordpress.com
“The Labyrinth has 12 covered courts -six in a row facing north, six south. Inside, the building is of two stories and contains 3,000 rooms, of ...
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by N Shiode · Cited by 15 — The surviving finds from her tomb are preserved in the Petrie. Museum, and the notebook and publication permit a reconstruction of the original appearance. ( ...
A virtual exploration of the lost labyrinth: developing a recondiscovery.ucl.ac.uk
In 1888, Flinders Petrie started to excavate at Hawara. A plan of Hawara in late 19th century and a partial diagram of the predicted structure of the Labyrinth ...
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