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.
And this is the design we use today. During the Sanderson test, it was discovered that the only thing preventing the Saqqara bird from achieving flight was the lack of a rear stabilizing rudder, or elevator, needed to maintain balance. Is it possible that the Saqqara bird ever possessed this critical component? What is missing is something like an elevator, but if you look at this feature here, then we may interpret that something like an elevator was connected here, but was lost during history. Computer models seem to confirm that the Saqqara bird is certainly airworthy. But there is another problem to consider: launching a glider. Modern methods require the use of a towplane that pulls the glider into the air, then
releases it when a proper altitude is reached.
So, how might the ancient Egyptians have launched the Saqqara bird? The scientifics of Egyptology told us that such a bird could be powered off by catapults to fly. And, uh, we had high acceptance by Egyptian scientists.The idea of using a catapult does have a contemporary parallel. Many of today’s glider enthusiasts employ a bungee cord system to launch their sail craft into the air. But if the Saqqara bird is capable of flight, where would ancient Egyptians have acquired such technology?
I think that people in ancient times were visited by beings coming not from this earth, and they gave us culture and scientific technologies to improve our life on earth coming from the primitive to a higher developed culture. If ancient cultures would be able to produce any really flyable machine, they would be far more advanced than we believe today. It changes our viewpointof ancient societies. It’s a fact that our ancestors were more intelligent and had more technological superiority capabilities than our history books give them credit for. You begin to have to ask yourself, “Are we missing part of the story?” And honestly, I think we are. I think there has been a forgotten episode in human history. And, uh, we’re a species with amnesia. We don’t really remember who or what we are. I haven’t been convinced that there is evidence that support an ancient visitation, but there is no reason why not, and I think to shut oneself to that possibility is a mistake, mainly because there is so many anomalies that we can’t explain. 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 Saqqarabird. 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 modernaerodynamic design. Then the other pointis, birds have no rudders. Because a bird does not needa 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.
And this is the design we usetoday. During the Sanderson test, it was discovered that the only thing preventing the Saqqara bird from achieving flight was the lack of a rear stabilizing rudder, or elevator, needed to maintain balance. Is it possible that the Saqqarabird ever possessed this critical component? What is missing issomething like an elevator, but if you look at this featurehere, then we may interpret that something like an elevator wasconnected here, but was lost during history.
Computer models seem to confirm that the Saqqara bird is certainly airworthy. But there is another problem toconsider: launching a glider. Modern methods require the useof a towplane that pulls the glider into the air, thenreleases it when a proper altitude is reached.So, how might the ancient Egyptians have launched the Saqqara bird?The scientifics of Egyptology told us that such a bird could be powered off by catapults to fly. And, uh, we had high acceptanceby Egyptian scientists.The idea of usinga catapult does have a contemporary parallel. Many of today’s glider enthusiasts employ a bungee cord system to launch theirsail craft into the air. But if the Saqqara bird iscapable of flight, where would ancient Egyptians haveacquired such technology?
I think that people inancient times were visited by beings coming not from thisearth, and they gave us culture and scientifictechnologies to improve our life on earth coming fromthe primitive to a higher developed culture. If ancient cultureswould be able to produce any really flyable machine, theywould be far more advanced than we believe today.It changes our viewpointof ancient societies.It’s a fact that our ancestors were more intelligent and had more technological superiority capabilities than our historybooks give them credit for.
You begin to have to ask yourself, “Are we missing part of the story?” And honestly, I think we are.
I think there has been a forgottenepisode in human history. And, uh, we’re a species withamnesia. We don’t really remember who or what we are. I haven’t been convinced that there is evidence that support an ancientvisitation, but there is no reason why not, and I thinkto shut oneself to that possibility is a mistake,mainly because there is so many anomalies that we can’t explain.
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