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Jessie Fong

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Statue Moves On Its Own
« on: June 26, 2013, 12:39:10 PM »
Don't go running to mummy just yet: the spooky movements of this Egyptian statue probably have a logical explanation, even if museum curators are in de-Nile about it.

Staff at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England say the 4,000-year-old statue, recovered from a mummy's tomb, has been spinning without anybody moving it, NDTV reports.

The 10-inch tall statue of a man named Neb-Senu was originally an offering to the god Osiris and has been in the museum for 80 years.

Up until a few weeks ago, the statue had appeared to be stationary.

"I noticed one day that it had turned around," curator Campbell Price, 29, told NDTV. "I thought it was strange because it is in a case and I am the only one who has a key."

Price told the Sun this week that "most Egyptologists are not superstitious people," and said when he first noticed the object had moved, his first instinct was to wonder who moved it.

“But the next time I looked, it was facing in another direction — and a day later had yet another orientation," he told the Sun this week.

Price returned the statue to its original position and set up a time-lapse video, which he says shows the statue moving without the help of humans.

According to Price, "ancient Egyptians believed that statuettes such as these could act as an alternative home for the spirits of the people they represented, should the body be damaged or destroyed."

Nevertheless, even the Egyptians didn't expect these statues to move on their own.

TV physicist Brian Cox thinks he might have a scientific explanation for the spooky movement, according to the Daily Mail: differential friction.

"Cox suggested that two surfaces, the serpentine stone of the statuette and glass shelf it is on, cause a subtle vibration which is making the statuette turn," Price told the Daily Mail.

Cox's theory is supported by the fact that in the video, the statue appears to only be moving when visitors are in the museum.

Price, however, is skeptical of this theory, since the statuette has been on the same surface for 80 years and has never moved before.

Maybe the mummy's curse will actually be a blessing for the museum, as Price urges the public to visit and try to figure out the mystery for themselves.

From : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/statue-moves-in-its-own_n_3486794.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular



What do you think was the cause of it?
Did the statue move on its own, or was the explanation of different surfaces acceptable?

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Re: Statue Moves On Its Own
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 04:52:54 AM »
The "Intellectuals" commonly do not believe in such stories/events. Whenever it happens, they will comment base on their area of expertise within their belief. They might not have any religious belief but rely on science to find the facts. Although it isn't wrong but there are still many 'facts' undiscovered with our present scientific technology.

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Re: Statue Moves On Its Own
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 08:18:48 PM »
It might be that something is trapped in the statue and is trying to tell us humans something but, with the lack of knowledge, we are not able to comprehend it. If there is something trapped in it, I will say that it might just be a random being around us or the owner of the item stuck in that item.

It is true that it can be because of the temperature changes within the day that made the statue to move on it's own. Or even have the chance that some one might have left something underneath the statue to make things like this happen.

I guess we will not know the definite answer unless this mystery is being solved.