Zofukulidwa zakale zotchedwa Out of Place Artifacts kapena OOPARTs, zomwe zimatsutsana komanso zochititsa chidwi, zingatithandize kumvetsetsa kukula kwa luso lamakono lakale. Mosakayikira, a "Saqqara glider" or "Saqqara Bird" imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa zopezedwazi.
Pofukula manda a Pa-di-Imen ku Saqqara, Egypt, m’chaka cha 1891, anapeza chinthu chooneka ngati mbalame chopangidwa ndi mtengo wa mkuyu (mtengo wopatulidwa wogwirizanitsidwa ndi mulungu wamkazi Hathor ndi chizindikiro cha moyo wosakhoza kufa). Chombochi chimadziwika kuti Mbalame ya Saqqara. Osachepera, idapangidwa cha m'ma 200 BC ndipo pakadali pano imapezeka ku Egypt Museum ku Cairo. Imalemera magalamu 39.12 ndipo mapiko ake ndi mainchesi 7.2.
Kupatulapo mlomo ndi maso, zomwe zimasonyeza kuti chithunzicho chikutanthauza kuti chimbalangondo - chizindikiro cha mulungu Horus - zomwe timapeza kuti ndizodabwitsa ndi mawonekedwe a mchira wa mchira, kuwongoka kwachirendo, ndi mphekesera zomwe zingagwire. "chinachake." Mapiko ndi otseguka koma alibe ngakhale kalozera kakang'ono kwambiri ka kupindika; iwo amadulidwa mpaka kumapeto, ndipo agundidwa mkati mwa phanga. Ndi kusowa kwa mapazi. Chojambulachi chilibenso chosema choyimira nthenga za mbalame yongoyerekeza.
Aganiziridwa kuti "Mbalame" ikhoza kupereka umboni wosonyeza kuti kumvetsetsa zofunikira za kayendetsedwe ka ndege kunalipo zaka mazana ambiri izi zisanachitike kuti zimaganiziridwa kuti zinapezedwa koyamba. Lingaliro ili mwina ndilo lochititsa chidwi kwambiri mwa mafotokozedwe onse omwe angakhalepo.
Pali umboni wakuti Aigupto akale anali ndi chidziwitso ndi luso la zomangamanga. Popeza chinthu chachitali cha 5.6-inch chikufanana kwambiri ndi ndege yachitsanzo, zachititsa kuti katswiri wina wa ku Egypt, Khalil Messiha, ndi ena aganize kuti Aigupto Akale anapanga ndege yoyamba.
Chitsanzocho, malinga ndi Messiha, yemwe anali woyamba kunena kuti sichikuwonetsa mbalame, "Zikuyimira kuchepa kwa ndege yoyambirira yomwe ilipobe ku Saqqara," adalemba mu 1983.
