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cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:04 AM Jun 2013

Ancient Egyptian Statue Mysteriously Rotates at Museum

An ancient Egyptian statue in a British museum has sparked debate after it was captured on video seemingly rotating on its own.

The 10-inch tall statue of Neb-senu has been on display at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England, for 80 years but it was only recently that museum staff noticed the statue moving.

"Most Egyptologists are not superstitious people. I wondered who had changed the object's position without telling me," the museum's curator, Campbell Price, told the U.K.'s Sun. "But the next time I looked, it was facing in another direction-and a day later had yet another orientation."

With his curiosity piqued, Price returned the statue of the Egyptian idol to its original position in a locked glass case and set up a camera to film the statue over an 11-hour period. The resulting time-lapse video, Price says, shows the statue moving on its own.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/ancient-egyptian-statue-mysteriously-rotates-museum-141331675.html?vp=1

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Ancient Egyptian Statue Mysteriously Rotates at Museum (Original Post) cbdo2007 Jun 2013 OP
I just saw this on CNN Inter. Strange indeed. Thank you for posting. See video: Purveyor Jun 2013 #1
thanks for posting the video.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #2
Here is the news story from ABC News AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #9
Nice job, pranksters! Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #3
That, or the HVAC dude Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #4
It's probably not level and traffic vibration is making it move TrogL Jun 2013 #5
then why has it only just started moving? KittyWampus Jun 2013 #8
Could be the whole damn building is shifting TrogL Jun 2013 #12
The Base Isn't Flat. MineralMan Jun 2013 #6
It's the mummy's curse, I tell you! LongTomH Jun 2013 #7
The news report SAID he wants beer, geez ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #10
Maybe if people would slow down when walking passed it. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #11

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
2. thanks for posting the video....
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 12:21 PM
Jun 2013

my guess is that it turns itself to always point toward some alien sun

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
12. Could be the whole damn building is shifting
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:11 PM
Jun 2013

I recently noticed my studio door wasn't closing properly. When I looked closer, discovered a crack in the basement floor.

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