Vanished Persian Army Found in Desert

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    Rest of the article here - http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.html

    In the article there is a link to a 3min video that shows the route that they think the army took and a lot of the bones and artifacts. Very interesting.
     
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    Wow, I would have thought one person would have found this interesting. Maybe I'm more geeky than I thought I was...
     
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    Crazy to think of a 50,000 man army just vanishing in a sandstorm. That must have been one hell of a storm.
     
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    Was Jimmy Hoffa's body found with the remains?
     
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    And how did Herodotus know these details, then?

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    I think it's super-cool.

    Hmm... a few guesses:

    1. The army was swallowed up from the vantage point of the people at the oasis.
    2. There were a few stragglers from the army who survived.
    3. Herodotus took artistic license, assuming they perished in the desert, given they never reappeared from it.

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    Obviously the Oracle sent a "neener neener" note back to Cambyses.
     
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    I thought it was very interesting, I just had nothing interesting to say about it. ;) I did forward the link to various friends of mine.
     
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    Sandstorms suck. So does shiting sandpaper for a few days afterwards.
     
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    I find it interesting. Especially on Veteran's Day.
     
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    I thought the fact that modern scholars had begun to think the story was just a myth was pretty crazy. Kinda gives you an idea of how huge a gap that is in the history books.

    Also, this scene from the Mummy immediately came to mind.

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    Damn you Imhotep!
     
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