Manchester Museum time-lapse 'shows Egyptian statue move'
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23029507

Manchester Museum time-lapse 'shows Egyptian statue move'

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MUMMY!

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Blu-Tack

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oh for goodness sake, granite on glass. Of course its nothing to do with vibrations.....:erm:

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Is she a crazy woman or getting free publicity to draw visitors in to the museum?

It's obviously vibrations but I get the impression she is serious in thinking its something else. Probably believes in ghosts and psychics too!

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there have been speculations that it's all to do with the curse invoked by Lord Carnarvon's incursion on
the Tutankhamen Tomb

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:rofl:

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I love how Prof Brian Cox is doing his nut over this. While there's probably a simple explanation about it his facade of being 'cool and trendy' starts to slide whenever he hears someone suggest that it might be some sort of Egyptian 'curse' :D

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it's probably someone using a jackhammer outside

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Wouldn't that effect the other items in the cabinet? Note sure if that would make it go around in a perfect circle as it does.

Plus there chances are someone *may* hear it...

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Maybe the bluetac was applied to the other artifacts to stop them moving. Whatever is happening in the display case it has certainly resulted in an increase of visitors to the exhibition.

Just goes to show that doing a turn can attract an audience. Maybe his Mummy could hold a hat out for a collection? :)

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Nice bit of viral marketing if you ask me.

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Egyptian relic curse solved by ITV's Mystery Map

Did they really need to get acoustic experts in to tell them the bleeding obvious? :rolleyes:

Reminds me how bad some tv programs are these day and the way they attempt to make drama out of nothing,

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Did it explain why these vibrations don't affect anything else there?

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Harmonics are very complex.

The size, density, positioning of other items, and other items around them, will all affect them differently.

I'm sure it just so happened that all the factors culminated in moving this particular object, in that particular way at those particular times.

I don't think it is up to anyone to prove why other things haven't moved in a similar way

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Er yes it is when the explanation doesn't mention why none of the other many items in the building have been affected the same way.

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Just pretend all the others way the same as elephants, and have rough bottoms.
it'll make it more understandable.

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Simples, and another obvious point imo :)

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I used to have one of these

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I think some people were expecting a ghost story kind of explanation.

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OK so we know why 3 other items in the case didn't move but what about everything else in the building? No word on that?

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I don't know what you want to hear, Russ. but there's no voodoo, black magic, or anything supernatural as to why one thing moved and the others didn't.

it moved simply because it had a little bump on the bottom of the surface which was most probably in contact with the glass. and the vibrations caused it to rise slightly. just enough for it to move/rotate on the the little dimple.

the obvious answer as to why that one moved and not the others is because the others had a different contact surface. no little dimple. and weren't possessed.

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Or why the building itself didn't move, or why the house at the bottom of our road isn't spinning either.

In fact we must prove why nothing else in the world hasn't been affected by the traffic in this location.

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Confirmation bias :)

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Is exactly what you're displaying, Russ, in reverse. You're "selecting" the lack of evidence regarding other artefacts in the museum to cast doubt on the logical conclusion to be drawn from the evidence that has been gathered - namely that the artefact moved due to an unusual combination of factors making it susceptible to vibration.

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I dont think so. No way am I suggesting it's supernatural but to believe that nothing else in the building is bring affected by the vibrations? That's a stretch too far of the imagination but for some it's acceptable to not investigate it further. Their choice of course :)

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Why investigate it further? The lack of movement of artefacts in cabinets does not need investigation. The artefacts are secure and are not doing anything strange or dangerous.

When I get the repair man out to my kitchen, I expect him to spend his time fixing my tumble dryer, not stand there scratching his head over why my washing machine is working normally. ;)

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Why investigate it at all then?

If the building contained those 3 artifacts only and absolutely nothing else then yes that would be more conclusive. But as it's a museum I assume there are many items found in the place and I find it odd that nothing else has been moved by the vibrations.

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Other objects would have to resonate sympathetically to the frequency of the vibrations in question.

I would find it odd if there was another object of exactly the same size, shape, density, unsecured, resting on a convex base, in the exact same spot at the item in question.

If there was, and that didn't move, then you might have something.

Otherwise, you don't.

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Maybe they are, but by an imperceptible amount between the time span of the objects being removed so the cabinets can be cleaned.

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Just pretend they are all boxes with assorted stuff in them. with differing weights and shapes.

sorted.