Archaeological discoveries hu ua Out of Place Artifacts los yog OOPARTs, uas yog ob qho tib si tsis sib haum xeeb thiab txaus nyiam, tuaj yeem pab peb nkag siab txog kev siv thev naus laus zis hauv ntiaj teb thaum ub. Undoubtedly, lub "Zaqqara glider" or “Saqqara Bird” raug suav hais tias yog ib qho ntawm cov kev tshawb pom no.
Thaum lub qhov ntxa Pa-di-Imen excavation nyob rau hauv Saqqara, tim lyiv teb chaws, nyob rau hauv lub xyoo 1891, ib tug noog-zoo li artifact ua los ntawm sycamore ntoo (ib tug fwm tsob ntoo txuas mus rau tus vajtswv poj niam Hathor thiab ib lub cim ntawm kev tsis txawj tuag) tau pom. Cov khoom qub no hu ua Saqqara noog. Yam tsawg kawg, nws tau tsim nyob ib ncig ntawm 200 BC thiab tam sim no tuaj yeem pom hauv Egyptian Tsev khaws puav pheej hauv Cairo. Nws hnyav 39.12 grams thiab muaj tisspan ntawm 7.2 ntiv tes.
Ib cag ntawm lub beak thiab ob lub qhov muag, uas qhia tau hais tias daim duab yog txhais tau tias yog ib tug hawk - lub cim ntawm tus vajtswv Horus - qhov peb pom puzzling yog tus Tsov tus tw lub square zoo, coj txawv txawv uprightness, thiab rumored sunken feem uas yuav tuav. "ib yam dab tsi." Cov tis yog qhib tab sis tsis muaj txawm tias qhov tiniest hint ntawm ib tug nkhaus; lawv yog tapered mus rau qhov kawg, thiab lawv tau snapped nyob rau hauv ib tug zawj. Thiab qhov tsis muaj ko taw. Cov artifact kuj tsis muaj ib hom carvings los sawv cev cov plaub ntawm ib tug hypothetical noog.
Nws tau raug pom zoo tias "Bird" tuaj yeem muab pov thawj tias kev nkag siab ntawm cov ntsiab lus ntawm aviation muaj nyob rau ntau pua xyoo ua ntej qhov no feem ntau suav tias tau pom thawj zaug. Qhov kev xav no yog tej zaum qhov txaus nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm txhua qhov kev piav qhia ua tau.
Muaj pov thawj tias cov neeg Iyiv thaum ub muaj qee qhov kev paub nrog cov txheej txheem ntawm kev tsim lub nkoj. Txij li thaum 5.6-nti ntev khoom zoo ib yam li lub dav hlau qauv, nws tau coj ib tug Egyptologist, Khalil Messiha, thiab lwm tus neeg xav tias cov neeg Iyiv ancient tau tsim thawj lub dav hlau.
Tus qauv, raws li Messiha, uas yog thawj zaug lees tias nws tsis tau piav txog ib tug noog, "Sawv cev qhov me me ntawm qhov qub monoplane tseem nyob hauv Saqqara," nws sau nyob rau hauv 1983.
