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Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« on: 18:36:14, 24/06/13 »
(video)       http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23030009#
 
 Manchester Museum's moving Egyptian statue puzzler. 
    An ancient Egyptian statue has left staff at Manchester Museum puzzled after it started slowly rotating inside its glass case.
The 10ins (25cm) high stone statue, which dates back to 1,800 BC and was donated to the museum by a private collector in 1933, has been caught moving on time lapse video.
The phenomenon was only noted after it was moved to another display area a few months ago.
Egyptology curator Annie Garnett said various theories have been advanced ranging from vibration caused by nearby traffic to visitor footfall.
"Professor Brian Cox thinks it is due the differential friction between type of stone and the glass shelf it is on," she said.
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #1 on: 22:06:18, 24/06/13 »
I liked the idea that the stone is fairly well laced with iron and has been put into some sort of electrical or electromagnetic field that's making it point North.   ;D
 
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #2 on: 07:43:31, 30/06/13 »
Nothing to do with funding? When mosi was threatened with shutting its doors did the big wigs think lets get the punters in with a little Egyptian jinx story?



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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #3 on: 10:42:54, 30/06/13 »
Nah, it's the paranormal - the 'rotation' is the statue trying to tell us to believe in reincarnation
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #4 on: 10:54:57, 30/06/13 »
Why did that not spring to my mind first, of course it's the paranormal , silly me ;D
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #5 on: 12:03:10, 30/06/13 »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tDzCftZw9c

Clearly proof of the impending rise of the undead  :o
 
 
Or a slippery uneven shelf surface.

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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #6 on: 12:11:46, 30/06/13 »
"Clearly proof of the impending rise of the undead  :o"
 
 
Watching The Rolling Stones last night, I think they all beat us to it.  ;D
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #7 on: 12:22:35, 30/06/13 »
Blimey are the Stones still going??  :o
 
Anyway, I'm taking no chances,  I'm staying well clear of any pyramid shaped stuff until the rise of the undead crisis is sorted. They aint getting me.
 
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #8 on: 13:20:44, 30/06/13 »
Nothing to do with funding? When mosi was threatened with shutting its doors did the big wigs think lets get the punters in with a little Egyptian jinx story?

Different museum.  The Manchester Musem is the one on Oxford Street, down by the University buildings.    :)
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #9 on: 16:20:44, 30/06/13 »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHN4I3OYs5w  :o
 
Its an Egyptian God of Death Statue!! :o   The Undead will be rising.  This is a major crisis and we, the public, should be officially alerted. 
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #10 on: 17:37:40, 30/06/13 »
"Clearly proof of the impending rise of the undead  :o"
 
 
Watching The Rolling Stones last night, I think they all beat us to it.  ;D
lol I had to turn the whole thing off - I felt sorry for them when someone referred to them as dinosaurs but not any more ;D
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #11 on: 23:34:37, 30/06/13 »
I'm undead.  Hoping to stay that way too......   I hadn't thought of myself as a public menace.   :-\
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #12 on: 14:02:10, 01/07/13 »
If a God of Death was spinning around summoning up the undead in the British Museum in London,  you can bet London would be evacuated by now, but because its 'the norf'  the govt couldn't give a monkeys. :(

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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #13 on: 19:13:09, 06/07/13 »
Look just get out the ouijie board and sort it out yourselves. Can't spell ouija
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Re: Manchester's moving rotating Egyptian statue
« Reply #14 on: 19:19:05, 06/07/13 »
Can't spell ouija
You got it O0
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