Manchester Museum puzzled by ancient Egyptian statue which mysteriously turns itself: video

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Manchester Museum have been left puzzled by the mystery of an ancient Egyptian statuette which - a video has revealed - seems to turn itself around 180 degrees in its display case.

The 10-inch tall statue of Neb-Sanu, which dates back to 1800 BC, was found in a mummy’s tomb and has been at the Museum for eighty years.

And now a time-lapse video clearly shows it turning on its axis during the day, apparently of its own volition. During the night, however, it remains still.



But he said Professor Brian Cox, who teaches physics at the university, has given a more worldly explanation: “Brian thinks it’s differential friction, where two surfaces - the serpentine stone of the statuette and glass shelf it is on - cause a subtle vibration which is making the statuette turn.

“But it has been on those surfaces since we have had it and it has never moved before. And why would it go around in a perfect circle?”


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-museum-bosses-puzzled-by-ancient-egyptian-statue-which-mysteriously-turns-itself-8670060.html

[onestepforward]

1. Maybe the vibration of foot traffic during the day

help it turn?

Cool video!

[Control-Z]

3. That's what it looks like to me.

The movement seems to occur during higher levels of foot traffic during the day. But during the day, when there are no people present, the statue doesn't appear to move at all.

Cool video, still.

[justiceischeap]

6. that's what I was thinking.

It only moves when there's foot traffic.

[KoKo]

2. Fascinating.

[Iggo]

4. The late JPII works in mysterious ways!

[pinboy3niner]

7. I think you mean Amenhotep I

[Poll_Blind]

5. Poll_Blind adds another name to the list. "Do not conjure: Yog-Sothoth, Tlaloc, Neb-Sanu." nt

PB

[Apophis]

8. Easily explained here:

http://metabunk.org/threads/1838-Debunked-Ancient-Egyptian-Statue-Rotating-by-Itself-in-Manchester-Museum

[Rex]

9. Simple, move the statue and put another in it's place

if it moves too...it is a vibration causing it to move in the daytime (foot traffic, AC unit, something on in the daytime).