In 1898 archeologists found a small wooden object in a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. They identified it as a "bird model" and placed it in a box of other bird figures in the storage area of a Cairo museum. The object was forgotten for many years until Dr. Khalil Messiha rediscovered it and realized its significance. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture comissioned a group of scientists to study the object. As a result the object was given its own exhibit detailing its unusual features.

The six inch long artifact is not a bird effigy, but an advanced model glider. The wings curve downward at the tips, a form called reversedihedral by modern aircraft designers. The object has proportions which would allow a full scale version to stay in flight at extremely low speeds, down to 45 miles per hour, while at the same time carrying an enormous payload.

Ancient Egyptian engineers always built small scale models of their projects, from ships to temples. Is this artifact an echo of lost technology from before a worldwide cataclysm?

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