What Remains of Hawara’s Labyrinth?
At Hawara, Petrie mapped a vast area of ruins beside Amenemhat III’s pyramid. Later VLF-EM and ground-penetrating radar surveys found buried anomalies, but they have not confirmed Herodotus’s labyrinth.
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At Hawara, Petrie mapped a vast area of ruins beside Amenemhat III’s pyramid. Later VLF-EM and ground-penetrating radar surveys found buried anomalies, but they have not confirmed Herodotus’s labyrinth.

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