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Egyptian bronze representing a flying man

Egyptian bronze representing a flying man.jpg An Egyptian Funeral CortegeThumbnailsA supposed monumental head of SesostrisAn Egyptian Funeral CortegeThumbnailsA supposed monumental head of SesostrisAn Egyptian Funeral CortegeThumbnailsA supposed monumental head of SesostrisAn Egyptian Funeral CortegeThumbnailsA supposed monumental head of Sesostris

In the Hall of the Gods, in the Egyptian Museum, there is a small bronze plaque of great antiquity, where we see in relief a man flying the two extended wings. It is true that we agree to consider this piece as a symbolic composition rather than as the representation of an aircraft.