THE CRETAN
LABYRINTH CAVE
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A documentation by Thomas
M. Waldmann
News
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since Oct. 2008
(update: 04 april 2024)
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- NEWS
(since July 2010):
- 29 Nov. 2022: - The Search for a sponsor is
renewed
- 27 July 2021: - The
Research around the Labyrinth is being dropped for the moment, but
can be restarted at any time
- 26 July 2018: -
Cleaning of the
Labyrinth will not be done
- Search for a sponsor is going on
- 14 June 2017: - Will the
Labyrinth be cleaned of the ammunition?
- 11 Aug. 2015: - "Forget the Labyrinth", says the
minister of culture Nikos Xidakis
- 09 Aug. 2014: - A stone
from the Labyrinth is being searched in the laboratory
- 24 Dec. 2013: - Comment und correctures of the
film by Arte "Kreta - Mythos Labyrinth"
- 21 Dec. 2013: - The Film
by Arte "Kreta - Mythos Labyrinth" at youtube
- 28 Nov. 2013: -
Arte broadcasts the film "Kreta - Mythos Labyrinth" on we, 18 Dec. 2013
at 4.55 p.m. (german, length: 26 min)
- 17 Nov. 2013: -
Arte starts the new series "Magische Orte in aller Welt" (german) with
the movie about
the Minotaur and the Cretan Labyrinth on 25 Nov. 2013, 4.55 p.m.
- 24 Aug. 2013:
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Coat of arm identified on the wall with the old symbols?
- 24 Aug. 2013:
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Readable inscription found on the wall with the old symbols
- 23 Aug. 2013:
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Arte will show a documentary movie about the myth of the Minotaur and
the Cretan Labyrinth
- 10 May 2013:
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When was the Small Labyrinth
Cave unearthed?
- 02 April 2013:
- Quarry-Cave No. 7
discovered
- 21 Feb. 2013:
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Search for a sponsor for the restoration of the Labyrinth
- 11 Jan. 2013:
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Watch the film made by National Geographic in 2010 about the Labyrinth
(sent in ZDF info) in the News of my website (German)
- 26 Dec. 2012:
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The film made by National Geographic in 2010 about the Labyrinth in ZDF
info (German)
- 20 June 2012:
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Is there a lake in the Labyrinth Cave? - New dubious clue
- 13 June 2012:
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"Schlodien" found
- 25 Nov. 2011:
- Archeologist from
Berkeley,
specialized in Minoan archeology, says: There is nothing Minoan in the
Labyrinth
- 16 Nov. 2011:
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The Lore from WW II near the entrance of the Labyrinth has disappeared
- 15 Nov. 2011:
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One more interesting (greek) inscription from 1943 found
- 09 Oct. 2011:
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The entrance ist closed with stones
- 04 Feb. 2011:
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The end of my researches in the Labyrinth Cave
- 13 Dec. 2010:
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Subterranean quarries near Vicenza, Italy
- 18 Nov. 2010:
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Summary of the most important results of my researches concerning the
Labyrinth Cave (part 2, chap. 12): a supplement
- 17 Nov. 2010:
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Danger of an accident in the Labyrinth
- 21 Oct. 2010:
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Information event concerning the Labyrinth in Mires monday evening, 18
Oct. 2010
- 15 Oct. 2010:
- Location of the Labyrinth Cave removed from this website
for a certain time
- 07 Oct. 2010:
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Four-page article about the Labyrinth in the newspaper
enclosure "Phenomena" no 2 from 02 Oct. 2010
- 07
Oct. 2010:
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Two-page articles in
the "Antilalos tis Messaras" of 14 and 21 Sept 2010: the pictures
- 20/27 Sept. 2010:
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Press conference of the prefecture of Iraklion on 17 Sept. 2010
concerning the inspection on 15 Sept. and the intended purge, closing
and re-utilization of the Labyrinth
- 27 Sept. 2010:
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Airing of the National Geographic-film with the strange
title "The Holy Grail", concerning the "Labyrinth
Lost"-project of summer 2009, in the USA on mo, 27.09.2010
- 26 Sept. 2010:
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Two-page articles in
the "Antilalos tis Messaras" of 14 and 21 Sept 2010
- 16 Sept. 2010:
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Inspection of the Labyrinth by experts, police, public prosecutor aso.
- 10 Sept. 2010:
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Press release of the Cretan Department of the Hellenic Speleological
Society
- 14 Aug. 2010:
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Article
in the greek daily newspaper "Ta Nea" of we, 11 Aug. 2010
- 06 Aug. 2010:
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Two-page articles in the "Apopsi tou Notou" und in the "Antilalos
tis Messaras": Announcement to the prosecutor concerning (continued)
illegal excavations in the Labyrinth
- 29 July 2010:
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Article in the "Apopsi tou Notou" about a petition in the parliament
concerning the promotion of the Labyrinth
- 28 July 2010:
-
Stones from the Labyrinth really harden on exposure to the outside air
- and turn to a creamy white colour
- 27 July 2010:
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Similar subterranean quarries in England, the Beer Quarry Caves,
support presumptions concerning the Labyrinth
- 22 July 2010:
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Two more photos: visiting the Labyrinth with a member of the Hellenic
Speleological Society HSS (in Greek ESE)
- 20 July 2010:
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Double-paged articles in
the "Apopsi tou Notou" and in the "Antilalos tis Messaras" because of
the 4 by me discovered rooms in the Labyrinth and their
verification by a speleologue of the Hellenic Speleological Society ESE
/
Interview with Nikolaos Leloudas, member of the board of directors of
the ESE
- 19 July 2010:
-
one more postcard showing the historic entrance to the Labyrinth of
about 1900
- 17 July 2010:
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Hole near Ambelouzos is an entrance, but not to the Labyrinth, but to a
Roman watertunnel
- 16 July 2010:
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Interview in the Cretan local radio "Dream FM 90,6" in Timpaki with
Nikolaos Leloudas (and me)
- 15 July 2010:
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Visiting the Labyrinth with a member of the Hellenic Speleological
Society HSS (in Greek ESE)
- 13 July 2010:
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Whole-paged article in the "Apopsi
tou Notou" of 13 July 2010 about the 4 discovered rooms
- 08 July 2010:
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One more fish found - the secret symbol of the Christians?
- 05 July 2010:
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Do stones from the Labyrinth get harder, when they are carried out of
the cave?
- 02 July 2010:
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How 2,5 km of corridors change into 4 km of corridors
- 01 July 2010:
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Mystery concerning "kalamia" solved? - It should be translated as
"tube(s)" instead of "reeds"
NEWS 04
(Jan. -
July 2010)
- 22 June 2010:
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Photos of the officially accessible catacombs of Paris
- 14 June 2010:
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More pictures of the officially not accessible catacombs of Paris
- 01-11 June 2010:
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Visiting the officially not accessible catacombs of Paris -
subterranean Roman quarries
- 06-08 May 2010:
- Three
more cave-quarries found near Agia
Irini / Spilia
- 04-05 May 2010:
- More
collapsed rooms found - better pictures
- 03 May 2010:
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Collapsed room with dripping water found - maybe this was the room
of the "white reeds"? - better pictures
- 29 April - 02 May 2010:
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More rooms found - here are the pictures
- 28 April 2010:
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Security advice
- 27 April - 02 May 2010:
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Solution found for the phenomenon, that engraved inscriptions are
filled up with white cristals
- 22 / 23 April 2010:
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More rooms found
- 19 April 2010:
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Intact room found
- 19 April 2010:
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More collapsed rooms found
- 15 - 18 April 2010:
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Collapsed room with dripping water found - maybe this was the room
of the "white reeds"?
- 26 March 2010:
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More clues for a quarry: traces of chisels in the battle room
- 12 Feb. 2010 /
24 March 2010:
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3 Inscriptions of 1900/1904 found from the
turkish photographer R. Behaedin, who was living
in Crete
- 18 March 2010:
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Photos of the Arkolohory Cave
- 17 March 2010:
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Double-paged articles in Apopsi tou Notou and Antilalos tis
Messaras / WAGtv-Crew left Crete
- 15 March 2010:
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Filming on mount Jouchtas - Vasilakis speaking with Owens and Papa Jorgo
- 15 March 2010:
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A fourth place as possible Labyrinth of the Minotaur: the Cave of
Arkolohori
- 12 March 2010:
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National Geographic filming at the Labyrinth Cave
- 26 Feb. 2010:
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John of Antioch (7. cent.) mention "a cave in the region of the
Labyrinths", without a location
- 15 Feb. 2010:
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More clues for a quarry: traces of wedges and chisels: the photos
- 04-15 Feb. 2010:
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Two arabic inscriptions from Nizam Dauacher deciphered
- 01-26 Feb. 2010:
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Malalas
(6. cent.) mention "a
cave in the mountains of the Labyrinth district [near Gortyn]", Cedrenus
(11./12. cent.) mention "a cave in the area of the Labyrinths [near
Gortyn]"; Eustathius (12. cent.) calls the
Labyrinth a "Cretan cave", but without a location
- 26 Jan. 2010:
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Inscription of 1979 found - obviously the Labyrinth Cave was accessible
before 1981
- 25 Jan. 2010:
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Chapter 2 "The maps" outsourced - new link:
www.labyrinthos.ch/Plaene.english.html
- 21-25 Jan. 2010:
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One more map of 1836 detected - until now the most detailed one
- 06/07 Jan. 2010:
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The Labyrinth of the mythology was - according to Philochoros - not a
maze, but a simple prison
- 28 Dec. 2009 - 06 Jan. 2010:
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Catull, Statius and Claudian do not
mention the Labyrinth Cave!
NEWS 03 (Oct. -
Dec. 2009)
- 24.-27. Dec. 2009:
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Confusion around the word "labyrinth" - the Egyptian labyrinth
wasn't
a maze
- 21. Dec. 2009: -
More and new photos of Archea Eleftherna - quarry or cisterne?
- 14./15. Dec. 2009:
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More indications for a quarry: traces of wedges and chisels
- 14. Dec. 2009:
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"Thesis Lawyrinthu" unraveled as a plot name
- 08./09. Dec. 2009:
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2000 years old inscription discovered? - A "fish", the secret symbol of
the
Christians?
- 06./07. Dec. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - Plinius' Natural History of the 1st century AD
- 24. Nov. - 05. Dec. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry -
Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia of 1628
- 18. Nov. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - partially hewed
stones still liaised with the rock, also in the "Room of the table"
("Trapeza")
- 18. Nov. 2009:
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Borehole in the "Room of the Table" ("Trapeza") - comparing photos
- 16. Nov. 2009:
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One more map detected (Bertuch 1821) - also a copy of Cockerell's map
- 16. Nov. 2009:
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The map from Dumas was yet published in 1839 (not only 1999)
- 13.-16. Nov. 2009:
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Spratt was already 1843 in the Labyrinth Cave - the well known
inscription is from him after all
- 11./16. Nov. 2009:
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one more map detected - probably the original map from Dumas
- 08. Nov. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - more photos of partially hewed stones still
liaised with the rock
- 06. Nov. 2009:
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Inscription "1700" from Tournefort in changed colours
- 01. Nov. 2009:
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Better protection of my copyright
- 26. Oct. 2009:
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More old inscriptions in the "room of the table" (called "Trapeza")
- 17. Sept. / 26. Oct. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - traces of transport: dents in edges of rock -
one more picture
- 25. Oct. 2009:
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New
light on the inscription "Savary 1779" - white cristals on the rock
- 24./25 Oct. 2009:
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Arguments for a Dorian quarry<
- 15. Sept. / 24. Oct. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - traces of transport: ruts - more pictures
- 20.-22. Oct. 2009:
-
; more
old inscriptions in the
Trapeza-room
- 16.-20. Oct. 2009:
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Articles in the Independent, in the Ta Nea (2x) and in
the Apopsi tou Notou
- 14.-16. Oct. 2009:
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Presentation of the
"Labyrinth Lost"-project at the Oxford University on 15. Oct. 2009 (3
articles)
- 09./10. Oct. 2009:
- 4
more
cave-quarries
found near Agia Irini /
Spilia - photo by Arthur Evans identified
- 09. Oct. 2009:
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More old inscriptions in the room of the table (called "Trapeza")
- 07. Oct. 2009:
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Lore from WW II found
- 03. Oct. 2009:
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Meeting with the Cretan chief-archeologist Antonis Vasilakis
- 03. Oct. 2009:
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To
speak more precisely: subterranean quarries and cave-quarries
- 02. Oct. 2009:
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Two
more cave-quarries found near Agia Irini / Spilia - the
Germans have been in one of them in WW II
NEWS
02 (June - Sept. 2009)
- 29. Sept. 2009:
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Again hewed cave found near the Labyrinth Cave (Labyrinth Cave
No. 6)
- 20./23. Sept. 2009:
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A
comparison
of plan details is verifying the congruence of the plans
- 18. Sept. 2009:
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A
map of Crete from 1920 (or older) shows Sieber's plan of the Labyrinth
- 17. Sept. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - traces of transport: dents in edges of rock
- 15. Sept. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry - traces of transport: ruts
- 14. Sept. 2009:
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The
Labyrinth - more likely a Roman quarry? II
- 13. Sept. 2009:
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Arguments for a quarry: partially hewed stones, which are still liaised
with the rock
- 10./08. Sept. 2009:
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Another German guide (from 1965) mentioning the Labyrinth
- 04. Sept. 2009:
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Chapter 3e "Between the two entrances" with many new pictures
- 26. Aug. / 23. June 2009:
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Kästner doesn't write in his book "Kreta" from 1943 anything
about the Labyrinth
- 20. Aug. 2009:
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Was
the Labyrinth a Minoan or a Roman quarry?
- 16.-22. Aug. 2009:
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The
subterranean quarry near Agia Irini / Spilia "Hazzidakis-Nivas"
is mentioned by Arthur Evans, Paul Faure and Burkhard Traeger
(Marie Esperance von Schwartz) - Did the Germans
use it in WW II?
- 17. Aug. 2009:
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"The
Labyrinth of the Minotaur" - can it be located seriously?
- 15. Aug. 2009:
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Traces of water in the Labyrinth
- 03. Aug. 2009:
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The
entrance is
blocked by lumps of rock
- 21. July 2009:
-
Labyrinth Lost - again article in a local Cretan
weekly newspaper
- 15. July 2009:
-
Labyrinth Lost - Big sized article in the "Ta Nea", the leading greek
daily newspaper!
- 14. July 2009:
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Labyrinth Lost - The success after: entrance at Ambelouzos found
- 14. July 2009:
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Labyrinth Lost - Again articles in the same two
local Cretan weekly newspapers
- 14. July 2009:
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There are, until now, no other floors in the Labyrinth
- 12. July 2009:
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Labyrinth Lost - Expedition ended successfully
- 10. July 2009:
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Labyrinth Lost - First success: the third Labyrinth Cave is refound
- 07. July 2009:
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Labyrinth Lost - Main theme in two local Cretan weekly newspapers
- 03. July 2009:
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Seaquake near Crete on we, 1st of July, possibly caused caving-ins in
the Labyrinth
NEWS 01 (Oct.
2008 - May 2009)
- 22. May 2009:
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Oxford-Project "Labyrinth Lost" again
- 22. May 2009:
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Sieber's mistakes
- 20. May 2009:
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strange text from 1712 found
- 18. May 2009:
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Project "Labyrinth Lost": Coming Expedition of the Oxford University
this summer - meeting in Athens
- 06. May 2009:
-
The
Photos from WW II in a greek magazine
- 05. May 2009:
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Inscription of 1656 discovered
- 02. May 2009:
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The
newest version of the map (part 1, ch. 2j)
- 24. April 2009: - Meetings
with
members of the Hellenic
Speleological Society HSS (EΣE -
Ελληνική
Σπηλαιολογική
Εταιρεία)
- 24. April 2009: - Photos of
the two
expeditions of the ESE
(Ελληνική
Σπηλαιολογική
Εταιρεία)
1981 and 1985
- 20. march 2009: - The first German
guide mentioning the
Labyrinth
- February (written on 15. April 2009):
- Boreholes
in the Labyrinth - who is searching for what?
- 24. Feb. 2009: -
Ancient subterranean quarries: the
catacombs of Paris (part 2, ch. 7h)
- 09. Feb. 2009: -
Inscriptions on a column proove:
here was a passage in earlier times
-
- 28. Jan. 2009:
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New information
boards for tourists near Gortys and by the Small Labyrinth Cave
- 22. Jan. 2009:
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2 more books
concerning the Labyrinth
- 13. Jan. 2009:
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Strange kind of
structures on the ceiling
- 03. January 2009: -
Comparison of the maps: all the rooms in Sieber's
map are known and accessible
- 22. Dec. 2008: - Photos of the
Labrinth from WW II (link)
- 17. Oct. 2008: - A second
room
with inscriptions, which is
missing in all the maps.... (!)