David Willis McCullough
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The Unending Mystery
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Excerpts from The Unending Mystery:

  Introduction

Photos:

 

Illustrations in The Unending Mystery

Color photographs:

Stone Age cup-and-rings rock carvings, Achnabrek, Scotland

Traditional Scandinavian stone labyrinth made in 1996, Valbypark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Roman mosaic floor labyrinth depicting Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur , late 3 ed century A.D., uncovered near Salzburg, Austria

Medieval labyrinth, early 13 th century, located near the west door of Chartres Cathedral, France

Turf labyrinth called Julian's Bower at Alkborough, England

Island of Crete and its labyrinth, a detail from the giant 13 th century Mappa Mund i, map of the world, in Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England

Undated native American p etroglyph on a canyon rim at Arroyo Hondo, near Taos, New Mexico

Corn maze designed in 2002 by Don Ftantz, at Cherry-Crest Farm near Lancaster, Pennsylvania

 

Black and White Illustrations:

The Classic Cretan Labyrinth Design

Neolithic Cup-and-Ring Rock Carvings

The Medieval Labyrinth in the Nave of Chartres Cathedral

Silver Coin with a Labyrinth Design Minted In Knosses, Crete, in the Fourth or Fifth Century, B.C.  

The Double-Headed Ax, or Labrys, Design From a Knosses, Crete, Wall Painting

Design on a Seventh Century, B.C., Etruscan Wine Jug

Meander Design, Detail From an Archaic Greek Vase

A Roman Mosaic Floor From a Villa in Harpham, England

Detail of a Mosaic Floor in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna

Graffiti from a Pompeii Villa

Floor Plan of the Chapter House of Bayeux Cathedral

A Sixteenth Century Drawing of the Destroyed Labyrinth in Reims Cathedral

The Labyrinth in the Basilica in St.-Quentin, France

The Labyrinth in the Ghent, Belgium, City Hall

An Early 1920s sketch of the Labyrinth on St, Catherine's Hill, Winchester, by W.H. Matthews

The Turf Labyrinth on the Village Common in Saffron Walden, England

O.W. Godwin's 1920s Sketch of the Troy Town Turf Labyrinth at Somerton, England

A Labyrinth Design from a Mural in Old Church at Sibbo, Finland

A Design for a Knot Garden from the 1594 edition of The Gardiner's Labyrinth, by Thomas Hill

A Knot Design Woodcut by Albrecht Drurer, 1507

The Garden Maze at the Villa Pisani on the Brenta Canal, near Venice

An Eighteenth Century Map of the Now-Destroyed Maze at Versailles

The Maze at hampton Court Palace, England

The Garden Maze at Chevining, Kent, England

An 1840s Watercolor Design for a Garden Maze From the Archives of Economy, A Nineteenth Century American Utopian Community

The "Man in the Maze" Basket Design Made by the Southwest American Indian Tribe Formerly Called the Pima

Hopi Labyrinth Designs From the American Southwest

A Kota, Hindu Doorstep Decoration

The Chakra Vyuh, the Pattern of an Invincible Military Formation

The Hedge Maze in the Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Formerly in South Kensington, London

The Labyrinth in Ely Cathedral, England

Mary Watts' Illustration of the Carew Cross Labyrinth

Lea Goode-Harris' Santa Rosa Labyrinth Design, Drawn by Robert Ferre

Alex Champion's Viking Horse Trappings Maze in Philo, California

The Garden Maze at Chatsworth House,   Derbyshire, England

Randoll Coate’s “Imprint “ Maze at Lechlade, England

Canon Harry Cheales' Maze at Wyck Rissington in the Cotswolds, England

“The Great British Maze” at Breamore Countryside Museum, Hampshire, England

British Sculptor Michael Ayrton's Brick Maze at Arkville, New York

The Maze Published by Lewis Carroll, Author of Alice in Wonderland

How to Draw the Simplest Possible Labyrinth

How to Draw the Classic Labyrinth