Cambyses

[kam-bahy-seez]

noun

1. died 522 b.c., king of Persia 529–522 (son of Cyrus the Great).

Cambyses

/ kæmˈbaɪsiːz /

noun

1. died ?522 _bc , king of Persia (529–522 _bc ), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great

Example Sentences

A limited number of European explorers followed, including Count László Almásy, who traveled there on a quest to find the remains of Cambyses’s army.

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In 524 BC, King Cambyses of Persia dispatched an army of 50,000 men to destroy the Siwan oracle but never made it.

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They may have suffered the same fate as Cambyses’s army had it not been for some unseasonal weather or, as some might say, divine intervention.

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Sometime around 524 BC, priests at the oracle of the Temple of Amun decided they didn’t much care for their new ruler, Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great.

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Seven days into their march, a massive sandstorm broke out and buried Cambyses’ entire army, never to be seen again.

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