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some disCoveries just don'{ fit in withwhat we know. They are
called "out-of-place aftifact" (QOPARTS). They seem to show
that ancient people knew about pnodern technology.
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JAncient Egyptian aircraft
Did the ancient Egvptians understand the
principles of flying? Some people believe that the
“Saqqara Bird" shows that they did.
The Egyptian Saggara Bird dates back to
about 200 B.C. No one knows what it was made for.
Perhaps it was a toy. Does the Saqqara Bird show ●
that the Egyptians knew the principles of Viation?
The Egyptians often placed models of actual
artifacts in their tombs, so the Saqqara Bird could
be a model of an actual airplane. Scientiststested
5 a model based on its design and found that the
G-2
Saqqara Bird could have flown.
Perhaps the Egyptians understood the
principles of aviation a thousand years before the
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Saqqara Bird. In the Temple of Seti I, büilt around
1280 B.C., there is a lkieroglyph showing what
appears to be adelicopter. Where could the ancient
Egyptians have learned about aircraft?
