Welcome my friends We may hear about the disappearance of a person suddenly, and we are surprised, and we may hear about the disappearance of a small group in mysterious circumstances, so questions arise in us,
but when we reach the disappearance of an
entire army of 50,000 to 100,000 fighters, and magic and ancient Egyptian curses enter
that here, you will inevitably be shocked.
Today we present a mystery from past centuries.
The greatest researchers stood bewildered in front of its mystery, and the
search for its discovery continues to this day. You will hear one of the most
strange stories in history, so prepare and focus well.
The story of the lost Persian army of King Cambyses in Egypt :
King Cambyses II:
- Cambyses or Qanbys II, king and son of one of the greatest kings about whom history was written, his father, King Cyrus the Great, king of the Persian Achaemenids, and the owner of the great expansions and conquests that made the Persian Empire in his era one of the most powerful empires.
- Cambyses succeeded his father in the rule of the Achaemenid Empire after his death in 530 BC and continued to rule until 522 BC.
- Cambyses was a person thirsty for power, lamenting behind it by all possible means, peaceful and military. Cambyses dreamed of his greatest empire to seize and rule Egypt to fulfill his father's dream before his death.
- Indeed, he began his preparations, so he preferred at first to use the method of skill and intrusiveness, so the Egyptian king at the time, Ahmose II, asked for his hand in marriage, and the reason, of course, was to reach the rule of Egypt.
- However, Ahmose II had
another opinion, as the king did not want his daughter to marry the Persian
king, and we all know how insistent the ancient Egyptians were on not mixing their royal
blood with any blood other than the ancient Egyptians royal blood.
- At the same time, he did not want to stir up hostility between the Achaemenid Empire and its king, so he sent the daughter of a former king named Ibris to replace his daughter.
- However, the girl recognized her true identity, which angered Cambyses, and found a suitable pretext to invade Egypt, according to Greek historians, most notably Herodotus.
- And he had what he wanted, so after the death of Ahmos II, his son Psamtik III took over the power in Egypt.
The story of Cambyses'
lost army in Egypt with the ancient Egyptians
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| Cambyses II Catch The Egyptian King Psamtik III |
- In the year 524 BC, the Persians arrived in Egypt, and a battle called the Battle of Al-Farma took place near Port Said today, which ended with the defeat of the Egyptian king's army and the arrival of King Cambyses II to the rule of Egypt.
- Cambyses' ambition and the dream did not stand at the limit of Egypt only, so he dreamed of invading and conquering other countries, so he sent two campaigns to him, one against Carthage and the other against Nubia and its gold.
- For Cambyses to direct his navy and instruct them to sail to Carthage, but the campaign failed, and the reason was the sailors themselves.
- It is known historically that the Achaemenid or Persian Empire relied heavily on Phoenician sailors and their skill in maritime navigation.
- Therefore, when it came to the Persian fleet to head to Carthage, the Phoenician sailors refused the order because they did not want to confront their cousins, as stated by historians, thus ending the first campaign.
The second campaign carried with it the mystery of the missing army of Cambyses, which was lost in the Egyptian Nubia country while they were going to it.
King Cambyses' campaign against Nubia:
- Before this campaign came out, Cambyses received news that the priests of the Temple of Amun, who were rejecting his rule over Egypt and did not recognize his king, predicted the failure of this campaign.
- Which angered Cambyses, so he ordered between 50,000 to 100,000 fighters from his army to go to Siwa Oasis and destroy and burn the Temple of Amun, which was known as the Temple of Revelation and the Temple of Predictions, and here begins the strangeness. Focus well.
- The army went out with all its equipment, heading to Siwa, but when it reached the Kharga region, which is known today as the Kharga Oasis, the Cambyses army disappeared without any evidence.
- Yes, as you read now that the army, which consisted of 50,000 to 100,000 Persian fighters, disappeared without any trace of them, and the reason is unknown.
- But the strange thing is that this army was not mentioned at all, neither in the hieroglyphics nor even in the ancient Persian texts, but rather the first mention of this army and its fate was on the lips of Greek historians.
In particular, the famous historian of pre-Christian times, Herodotus, about 75 years after the incident.
The reason for the disappearance of King Cambyses' lost army:
- Herodotus wrote that a sandstorm hit the army, completely burying the missing army of King Cambyses with sand, without any further explanation.
- In your opinion, my friends, what was the cause of this storm, if the matter is correct among the people of that era, so let us guess together.
- An army is heading to
demolish a temple belonging to one of the gods of the ancient Egyptians, and it is
exposed to a storm that hides it from the ground. So the reason must be the
curse of the temple of Amun.
- Of course, many attempts and expeditions tried to find even one trace of this army, but all of them failed.
- As a result of this ambiguity, it was believed that the story of the lost army is from one of the ancient legends, which Herodotus may have written down based on what he heard at the time.
- However, things changed in 1996, so the story of this army and the mystery of what happened to it returned to the fore again.
- In 1996, during an expedition to search for the remains of iron meteorites near a small oasis near Siwa, a pot was discovered half buried in the sand, along with human remains.
- The discovery made by the Italian archaeologist brothers Angel and Alfredo Castiglioni was not limited to these remains.
- Rather, according to what Alfredo told the Discovery Channel, they noticed a kind of natural shelter from sandstorms in the form of a huge rock standing alone in this desert.
- According to the two brothers, the inhabitants of this rock suggest that it is the best shelter from the sandstorms that blow in that area.
- In the same area, Egyptian geologist Ali Barakat, using his metal detector, was able to locate ancient war pieces buried under the sands of the desert, in addition to parts of jewelry scattered here and there in the vicinity of the area.
I know what is going on in your head now if the mystery of the lost army of Cambyses has been revealed, then the story of the army of Cambyses is over and there is no mystery surrounding it that the reality is something else!!
- Many archaeologists rejected this declaration, and the most famous of these scientists is a professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the prestigious archaeologist Olaf Capper, who has a completely different theory for the Italian scientists.
- Professor Olaf says that the army did not disappear with a sandstorm, as Herodotus wrote. It is scientifically specific that sandstorms do not kill people, so how about an entire army with everything it carries?
- According to Professor Olaf, the Akhomeini army reached its final destination, the Dakhla Oasis, which was the last time the army was seen.
Something strange......................
So where did Herodotus get the story of the lost army of Cambyses from?
- The answer is also given by Professor Olaf and the hero here, the Persian King Darius I, who succeeded Cambyses II after his death.
- Cambyses died of poisoning from a wound he accidentally inflicted on himself with the blade of his sword during his return trip to quell the revolution that broke out in the Achaemenid Empire.
- Darius I concealed what happened to the Achaemenid army out of face-saving motives.
- He attributed the disappearance of the army to the raging sandstorm, and from here, after 75 years, Herodotus grabbed the news and wrote about it.
- However, Professor Olaf's research team did not find any remains or traces of this army, and the research continues to this day.
