Cambyses
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Scientific American
In 524 BC, King Cambyses of Persia dispatched an army of 50,000 men to destroy the Siwan oracle but never made it.
From Scientific American
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.
From Scientific American
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.
From Scientific American
Seven days into their march, a massive sandstorm broke out and buried Cambyses’ entire army, never to be seen again.
From Scientific American
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