An ancient Egyptian statue
on display for 80 years at Manchester Museum has suddenly started moving
in a perfect circle - of its own accord! Campbell Price, Egyptian
artifacts curator, was among the first to notice the strange movement of
the statuette. He thought someone had moved it without telling him but,
days later, noticed the statuette in a different position. Museum
officials installed a camera which caught the movements on film.
Some
suggest that the design of the statuette and the fact that it is placed
on a glass surface account for the strange movement but others aren't
as convinced. The statuette has been on display in the same place for 80
years and has never moved before. Ancient Egyptians believed such
statues housed the spirits of the dead and the hieroglyphs on the back
of the object include prayers for the man identified as the inspiration
for the piece.
© C Harris Lynn, 2013
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