As a student studying military history, this is fascinating!. I am going to keep my eye on this and hopefully be able to use it in an essay or term paper.
Jerry Johnson wrote: > Hopefully there are no mummies, and Brendan Fraser won't be called on to > fight them badly. > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33791672/ns/technology_and_science-science/ > The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of > the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, > solving one of archaeology's biggest outstanding mysteries, according to > Italian archaeologists. > > Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones > found in the vast desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert have raised hopes > of finally finding the lost army 50,000 strong of Persian King Cambyses > II, buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C. > > "We have found the first archaeological evidence of a story reported by the > Greek historian Herodotus," Dario Del Bufalo, a member of the > expedition from the University of Lecce, told Discovery News. > > According to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great, > sent 50,000 soldiers from Thebes to attack the Oasis of Siwa and destroy the > oracle at the Temple of Amun. Alexander the Great had famously sought > legitimization of his rule from the oracle of Amun in 332 B.C., but > according to legend, the oracle would have predicted the death of Cambyses. > > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33791672/ns/technology_and_science-science/> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
