That Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine
Richard Stoneman investigates the strange but widely held belief in the Middle Ages, that Alexander the Great had conquered more than the land, taking to the air and travelled to the ocean depths.
Alexander the Great is one of the most famous names of antiquity.
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