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Located
roughly 20 miles south of Cairo, it is home to the world-famous step pyramid of
King Djoser. Dating back more than 4,000 years, it is the oldest of Egypt’s 97
pyramids. Saqqara is also famous for being one of Egypt’s oldest burial grounds,
earning it the nickname “City of the ..."
Located
roughly 20 miles south of Cairo, it is home to the world-famous step pyramid of
King Djoser. Dating back more than 4,000 years, it is the oldest of Egypt’s 97
pyramids. Saqqara is also famous for being one of Egypt’s oldest burial grounds,
earning it the nickname “City of the Dead.” It was here, in 1891, that French
archeologists unearthed an ancient tomb containing the burial remains of Pa-di-Imen,
an official from the third century BC. Among the various items discovered was a
small wooden model of what appeared to be a bird, lying beside a papyrus bearing
the inscription: “I want to fly.” The artifact was later sent to the Cairo
Museum, where authorities placed it alongside several other bird figurines. The
model sat largely unnoticed, until 1969, when Egyptologist Dr. Kahlil Messiha
was examining the bird collection and noticed that there was something very
different about the Saqqara bird.
It’s interesting because
on one hand, clearly, it should look like a bird because it has eyes and has a
typical nose of a bird. On the other hand, the wings are clearly not bird wings.
To the middle of the rim, you see this wing a bit thicker. In this region, the
lift-up is the highest. The whole thing becomes thinner to the, um, end of the
wings. And those wings, uh, model down. And this is a very modern aerodynamic
design. Then the other point is, birds have no rudders. Because a bird does not
need a rudder because of its aerodynamic architecture. And so, there is the idea
they are not representing birds, but flying machines, or aircraft. Could the
ancient Egyptians have possessed the power of flight?
In 2006, aviation and
aerodynamics expert Simon Sanderson built a scale model of the Saqqara bird five
times larger than the original to test that possibility.We’re running at a
constant speed, slowly increasing the angle of attack, and then measuring the
forces which it’s producing. That way, we can learn about its flight
characteristics. At ten degrees, we’re producing four times weight and lift. So,
it actually would be flying now. Test shows the Saqqara bird is a highly
developed glider...
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Located
roughly 20 miles south of Cairo, it is home to the world-famous step pyramid of
King Djoser. Dating back more than 4,000 years, it is the oldest of Egypt’s 97
pyramids. Saqqara is also famous for being one of Egypt’s oldest burial grounds,
earning it the nickname “City of the Dead.” It was here, in 1891, that French
archeologists unearthed an ancient tomb containing the burial remains of Pa-di-Imen,
an official from the third century BC. Among the various items discovered was a
small wooden model of what appeared to be a bird, lying beside a papyrus bearing
the inscription: “I want to fly.” The artifact was later sent to the Cairo
Museum, where authorities placed it alongside several other bird figurines. The
model sat largely unnoticed, until 1969, when Egyptologist Dr. Kahlil Messiha
was examining the bird collection and noticed that there was something very
different about the Saqqara bird. 
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