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Do only birds fly?

"There is nothing sweeter than to fly" We like to watch birds fly and we have tried to copy them. And in myth gods and other entities are able to fly. Here are some passages from the ancient world about flying that is not by birds.

Exhibition | Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth and Reality

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford's current exhibition Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality includes artworks inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, archaeological notes and illustrations, and an array of finds from the original and ongoing excavations at the site.

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