The reason a Manchester Museum Egyptian statue has been spinning on its own has been conclusively determined.

Some months ago the Manchester Museum reported that one of their encased Egyptian statues seemed to be spinning around on its own.

Many theories were offered, but few answers were found. Among the most popular – and entertaining - explanations was that the 4 thousand–year-old artifact was simply cursed.

Well, the real reason has been discovered and it’s not nearly as exciting as the idea that some sort of ancient hex somehow got activated.

Turns out, it’s the vibrations outside the museum along with the statuette’s shape.

Between the car and foot traffic just outside the doors and the fact that the 10-inch statue has a convex base, the figure ends being moved a tiny bit at a time until it eventually makes a full daily 180 degree rotation.

It was vibrations expert Steve Gosling who finally solved the puzzle.

He was enlisted by the British real-life enigma show Mystery Map to perform a 24-hour test.

Gosling outfitted the case with sensors and monitored the peaks and valleys in vibration patterns.

According to him, the statue’s movements correlated with spikes in vibrations caused by heavy activity on the street outside the museum.