Lost Army of Cambyses
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The Lost Army of Cambyses was, according to an ancient Near Eastern legend, a massive fighting force of 50,000 Persian soldiers that disappeared in the Western Desert of Egypt in 525 BC. They had supp
The Lost Army of Cambyses as imagined by Benson John Lossing and William Barritt.
Engraved depictions of Persian soldiers from the Palace of Darius in Susa, now at the Berlin Museum.
Petubastis III
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Seheruibre Padibastet better known by his Hellenised name Petubastis III was a native ancient Egyptian ruler, who revolted against Persian rule.
Lost Army of Cambyses
…of the University of Leiden argued that the Lost Army was not destroyed by a sandstorm, but rather ambushed and defeated by a rebel Egyptian pharaoh, Petubastis III. Petubastis was later defeated by Cambyses' successor Darius the Great, who purportedly invented the sandstorm story in order to remove Petubastis and…
Wooden doorjamb, originally covered with gold leaf and inlaid glass, representing Seheruibre Petubastis III making an offering, Louvre Museum.