Coins
of Knossos
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Six
coins of Knossos (the legendary name of Minotaur) with maze
variations. Note crescent at the the heart of one, and the heads
of king and bull maze-framed - showing magical origins and meanings
of the meander pattern.
From A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence
by Jack Lindsay
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