The first maze was the human body. To primitive man, a victim's convoluted intestines were proof that the labyrinth form contained life. Through history, the maze evolved into a means of fortification, an obstacle course designed to protect the castle within by trapping enemies seeking entrance. Modern man reduced the notion to a geometric style of gardening, an intricate network of hedged alleys that can lead a visitor to an open space in the middle—if he makes all the correct turns. Still, mythology lent the maze heroic proportions: it took a Theseus...
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