Army of Cambyses

Talk Ancient History

Join LibraryThing to post.

Army of Cambyses

This topic is currently marked as "dormant"—the last message is more than 90 days old. You can revive it by posting a reply.

1Nicole_VanK
Dec 13, 2014, 4:07 pm

Leiden Egyptologist said to have unraveled the mystery of missing army of Cambyses

http://hum.leiden.edu/news-agenda/leiden-egyptologist-unravels-ancient-mystery.h...

2stellarexplorer
Dec 13, 2014, 9:38 pm

We waited a long time, but it was worth it! Thanks Matt --

3anthonywillard
Dec 17, 2014, 2:50 am

Thanks for the elucidation of this passage in Herodotus. BTW the reference on the linked page to "See also : About the excavations in Amheida (in Dutch)" leads to a short discussion actually in English, by NYU.

Kaper's account is more plausible than the sandstorm story, but I would like to know how he reached his conclusion. Do you know if he has published a paper on this? I can't find a reference to one, or to the proceedings of the conference mentioned in the link.

4Nicole_VanK
Dec 17, 2014, 6:41 am

Yeah, I'm curious about that too. The proceedings have probably not been published yet, unfortunately.