069: The History of Corn Mazes: Labyrinths, Hedge Mazes, and A Dinosaur Named Cornelius

Hello! In today's episode we take a look at the history of corn mazes. While Corn Mazes are relatively new, mazes have been a fun past time for hundreds, if not thousands of years. We also take a look at the myth of the labryth and the uncovering of the location of the actual labrinth.

Sources for today's episode include:

An article titled The Winding History of the Maze by Natasha Geiling from smithsonian magazine 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/winding-history-maze-180951998/

An article titled Myths of the Labyrinth: Uncovering the myths of the labyrinth and the minotaur by andrew shapland

https://www.ashmolean.org/article/myths-of-the-labyrinth

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