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Plenty of other optical illusions abound, and some of the programming that went into creating the displays might also confuse you. The Argos site draws from a variety of sources to be a handy tool for researchers and academics interested in the legends that populate humankind's collective unconscious. Some of the sources drawn from include the Labyrinth's medieval site and the Duke Papyrus Archive, the Internet's most exhaustive study of ancient Egyptian papyri. The days of quirky, remote URLs loaded with personal neuroses, boasting, and occasional banality seem to be vanishing before the onslaught of slick, commercial Web sites. It's worth the peek inside.