Is this the curse of the Pharoahs? Ancient Egyptian statue rotates on its own.

 

An ancient statuette (4,000 years old)  has been filmed on time lapse camera seemingly moving without outside help.The ancient Egyptian statuette slowly turns without any apparent outside help in a museum in Manchester, England, has locals spookily talking about the curse of the pharoahs. The artifact has been on display at the Manchester Museum for the last 80 years. The piece is apparently spinning 180 degrees without any human intervention. Only in movies we get to see ancient relics come to life. However, a 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue at the Manchester Museum is leaving spectators baffled. Over the past several weeks, visitors have found themselves looking at the backend of the statue. The piece is apparently spinning 180 degrees without any human intervention. In an effort to solve the mystery, workers set up a surveillance camera. Once the footage was viewed, onlookers were shocked to see that the statue was indeed twirling in a half-circle within the glass case, entirely on its own. An artifacts curators at the museum stated "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." It's also been suggested that the statue's serpentine stone composition along with the glass from the case create friction which causes small vibrations causing it to turn. However that theory is questionable as the artifact never rotated in the decades prior to the bizarre 180 degree turns.

The phenomenon was caught on a camera set up at Manchester Museum after staff kept finding the statuette facing the wrong way. The 25cm-tall artifact was brought to the museum 80 years ago after being discovered in an ancient Egyptian tomb. Some have attributed its peculiar movement to paranormal activity and ancient spirits while others, such as Professor Brian Cox, believe the movement is caused simply by the vibrations of visitors walking past.

"I noticed one day that it had turned around," said Egyptologist Campbell Price. "I put it back but then the next day it had moved again. We set up a time-lapse video and, although the naked eye can't see it, you can clearly see it rotate on the film. The statuette is something that used to go in the tomb along with the mummy."
 ''Mourners would lay offerings at its feet. The hieroglyphics on the back ask for 'bread, beer and beef'. "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 said.
"Brian [Cox] thinks it's differential friction," he said. "Where two surfaces – the serpentine stone of the statuette and the 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?"
With a showman's touch, Price is urging members of the public to visit the museum to see for themselves.
"It would be great if someone could solve the mystery." he said.