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The Lost Army of Cambyses was, according to an ancient legend, a formation of 50,000 Persian soldiers that disappeared in the Western Desert of Egypt in 524 BC after becoming engulfed in a sandstorm. They had supposedly been sent by Cambyses II in order to subjugate the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis.
Oct 13, 2022 · King Cambyses II, ruler of all Persia and son of the legendary Cyrus the Great, dispatched an army of 50,000 men 2,500 years ago to attack a local rival. What happened next would become one of the great mysteries of the ancient world: the entire army vanished, and has never been seen since.
- Bipin Dimri
Jun 25, 2014 · Egyptologist Locates King Cambyses’s “Missing” Army. LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS—Egyptologist Olaf Kaper of Leiden University has deciphered the full list of the titles of Pharaoh Petubastis III ...
May 18, 2018 · Cambyses may have sent an army to put down this revolt, and this army may have been defeated in battle. This defeat later gave rise to the legend of Cambyses' lost army, known from the work of Herodotus. In order to cover up this loss, the Persians claimed that Cambyses' army was lost in a sandstorm.
They claimed these artifacts were evidence of Cambyses' Lost Army, suggesting that the soldiers might have been caught in a sandstorm and perished from thirst.
This is called the Lost Army of Cambyses. However, according to Briant, "the deliberate bias against Cambyses raises doubts about the accuracy of Herodotus's version." [14] Herodotus' statement is contradicted by other sources that do not suggest a catastrophe for his forces, even though the obstacles of the campaign possibly compelled Cambyses ...
Jun 19, 2014 · Prof Kaper argues that the lost army of Cambyses II did not disappear, but was defeated. “My research shows that the army was not simply passing through the desert, its final destination was the Dakhla Oasis.” “This was the location of the troops of the Egyptian rebel leader Petubastis III.”
