The Riddle of the Labyrinth

The Riddle of the Labyrinth
Author: Margalit Fox
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062228889

In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece’s Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe’s earliest written records. For half a century, the meaning of the inscriptions, and even the language in which they were written, would remain a mystery. Award-winning New York Times journalist Margalit Fox's riveting real-life intellectual detective story travels from the Bronze Age Aegean—the era of Odysseus, Agamemnon, and Helen—to the turn of the 20th century and the work of charismatic English archeologist Arthur Evans, to the colorful personal stories of the decipherers. These include Michael Ventris, the brilliant amateur who deciphered the script but met with a sudden, mysterious death that may have been a direct consequence of the deipherment; and Alice Kober, the unsung heroine of the story whose painstaking work allowed Ventris to crack the code.

The Paper Labyrinth

The Paper Labyrinth
Author: Charlie Wheeler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781700250292

Gather all your wits for this book-wide riddle solving, puzzle completing adventure. Can you solve it? To solve The Paper Labyrinth, you will need to flick from page to page solving a maze of interconnected riddles and puzzles. Each puzzle will either send you to another page, or give you a component for a puzzle that you are already solving. The Paper Labyrinth is suitable for all ages - adults and kids alike, but recommended for ages 11+. The puzzles and riddles within are of a range of difficulties to hopefully cater for most audiences. If you ever get stuck on a puzzle, there are hints and solutions pages within the book.

The Rose Labyrinth

The Rose Labyrinth
Author: Titania Hardie
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2008-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416584609

A SINGLE SHEET OF PARCHMENT AND A SILVER KEYA SECRET PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONSA MYSTERY WAITING TO BE UNLOCKEDThe Rose Labyrinth

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2009-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423131983

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.

Maze

Maze
Author: Christopher Manson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1985-11-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780805010886

This is not really a book. This is a building in the shape of a book...a maze. Each numbered page depicts a room in the maze. Tempted? Test your wits against mine. I guarantee that my maze will challenge you to think in ways you've never thought before. But beware. One wrong turn and you may never escape!

Walking a Sacred Path

Walking a Sacred Path
Author: Lauren Artress
Publisher: Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)
Total Pages: 201
Release: 1996
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781573225472

The author explores the history and significance of the image of the labyrinth and explains how readers can use the ancient imprint in the art of meditation, leading them to new sources of wisdom, change, and renewal. Reprint.

The Labyrinth

The Labyrinth
Author: Ross Franklin Lockridge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1975
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN:

The Riddle of the Image

The Riddle of the Image
Author: Spike Bucklow
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1780233272

From monumental church mosaics to fresco wall-paintings, the medieval period produced some of the most impressive art in history. But how, in a world without the array of technology and access to materials that we now have, did artists produce such incredible works, often on an unbelievably large scale? In The Riddle of the Image, research scientist and art restorer Spike Bucklow discovers the actual materials and methods that lie behind the production of historical paintings. Examining the science of the tools and resources, as well as the techniques of medieval artists, Bucklow adds new layers to our understanding and appreciation of paintings in particular and medieval art more generally. He uses case studies—including The Wilton Diptych, one of the most popular paintings in the National Gallery in London and the altarpiece in front of which English monarchs were crowned for centuries—and analyses of these works, presenting previously unpublished technical details that shed new light on the mysteries of medieval artists. The first account to examine this subject in depth for a general audience, The Riddle of the Image is a beautifully illustrated look at the production of medieval paintings.

Enigmas and Riddles in Literature

Enigmas and Riddles in Literature
Author: Eleanor Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 10
Release: 2006-02-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521855101

A wide-ranging and original study on how enigmas and riddles work in literature.

Cretomania

Cretomania
Author: Alexandre Farnoux
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351570781

Since its rediscovery in the early 20th century, through spectacular finds such as those by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, Minoan Crete has captured the imagination not only of archaeologists but also of a wider public. This is shown, among other things, by its appearance and uses in a variety of modern cultural practices: from the innovative dances of Sergei Diaghilev and Ted Shawn, to public and vernacular architecture, psychoanalysis, literature, sculpture, fashion designs, and even neo-pagan movements, to mention a few examples.Cretomania is the first volume entirely devoted to such modern responses to (and uses of) the Minoan past. Although not an exhaustive and systematic study of the reception of Minoan Crete, it offers a wide range of intriguing examples and represents an original contribution to a thus far underexplored aspect of Minoan studies: the remarkable effects of Minoan Crete beyond the narrow boundaries of recondite archaeological research.The volume is organised in three main sections: the first deals with the conscious, unconscious, and coincidental allusions to Minoan Crete in modern architecture, and also discusses archaeological reconstructions; the second presents examples from the visual and performing arts (as well as other cultural practices) illustrating how Minoan Crete has been enlisted to explore and challenge questions of Orientalism, religion, sexuality, and gender relations; the third focuses on literature, and shows how the distant Minoan past has been used to interrogate critically more recent Greek history.