A spinning statue is giving some the creeps. An ancient Egyptian statue in the Manchester Museum may be cursed as a video caught it spinning.
A Neb-Senu statue has been found turned in the opposite direction on multiple occasions and it is leaving curators baffled. The ten-inch statue slowly rotates over the course of several days until it faces the rear of the glass cabinet where it is displayed.
The mysterious occurrence was first noticed by curator Campbell Price. Price has had to reset the statue to its original position on several occasions as it turns around the next day.
The 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue was found in the tomb of a mummy 80 years ago and has been kept in the display case at the museum ever since. The strange movement has only started occurring recently.
"I noticed one day that it had turned around, Price told the Manchester Evening News. "I thought it was strange because it is in a case and I am the only one who has a key. I put it back, but then the next day it had moved again.
"In Ancient Egypt they believed that if the mummy is destroyed then the statuette can act as an alternative vessel for the spirit. Maybe that is what is causing the movement," Price theorized.
However some think there's a more logical explanation for the movement. TV physicist Professor Brian Cox thinks it's simply due to vibrations that are made as people walk by.
"Brian thinks it's 'differential friction' where two surfaces, the stone of the statuette and glass shelf it is on, cause a subtle vibration which is making the statuette turn," Price said. The statue only spins during the day when tourists pass through. However the statue won't turn more than 180 degrees. Price shot down Cox's explanation saying, "And why would it go around in a perfect circle? It would be great if someone could solve the mystery."
Price thinks it turns and faces the rear of the case to show off the prayer on the back which asks for "bread, beer, oxen and fowl."
The time-lapse video below shows the statue rotating over the course of three days until it faces backwards.
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