What about The Mystery of missing 50,000 Persian army in the Egyptian desert?(part one)
8/09/2014 04:00:00 PM
Hello Everybody, in this article we are going to know one of the important mysteries which happened in the
ancient Egyptian history
and that is
the mystery of
the sudden disappearance of fifty thousand men of the army of Persia.
as
ancient Egyptian history
and that is
the mystery of
the sudden disappearance of fifty thousand men of the army of Persia.
as
The archaeologists could solve this important and famous archaeological mysteries, which happened in Egypt about 2700
years ago, and that,
and we are going to share with you the story of this army from the beginning and it will be divided into two parts
1-Cambyses ii
a- Who is he ?
b- How to reach the throne?
c- Activities of Cambyses II
d- Death of Cambyses II
part two will contain
A- What about the Disappearance of
The Persian army?
B-
what`s new about The disappearance
Of
the Persian army?
So Let’s
start
Cambyses
II (the twenty seventh dynasty)
In 525 BC the
Persian emperor Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the great, invaded Egypt and
successfully overthrew the Egyptian pharaoh, Psamtik III, to become the first
ruler of the 27th Persian dynasty.
How
to reach the throne?
His father had
earlier attempted an invasion of Egypt against psamtik III`s predecessor,
Ahmose II but Cyrus`s death put a halt to that expedition.
The Greek
historian Herodotus (5th century BC) notes how King
Cambyses the king of Persia easily invaded Egypt across the desert with his
army of fifty thousand men, as they employed so Bedouins as guides.
At Pelusium, which was the gateway to Egypt and an entry
point for foreign invaders, the Egyptian forces were defeated and were forced
to retreat back to Memphis.
Herodotus goes on to tell us of all outrages that Cambyses
II then inflicted on the Egyptians, including not only the stabbing of a sacred
Apis bull, but also the desecration and burning of embalmed body of Ahmose II.
After capturing three short years of his rule over Egypt, he
led a disastrous campaign up the Nile into Ethiopia. There, we are told, his unprepared mercenary
army was so meagerly supplied with food and they forced to eat flesh of their
own colleagues as their supplies ran out in the Nubian Desert.
Many of Egypt's minorities, such as the Jewish community at
Elephantine and even certain elements within the Egyptian aristocracy, seem to
have welcomed Cambyses II`s rule,
in an inscription on
his statue, now in the Vatican at Rome ,((Udja-hor-resnet)) :- a Saite priest
and doctor as well as a former naval officer, describes how he introduced
Cambyses II to The Egyptian culture so that he would be able to take the
appearance of a traditional pharaoh.
This was a strategy that was to be adopted by all subsequent
foreign rulers of Egypt.
Activities of Cambyses II
Cambyses II undertook building activities in the wadi
hammamat in the eastern desert and other Egyptian temples. The solemn burial of
an Apis bull under Cambyses II reign contradicts the tradition of cruelty which
later sources ascribe to him.
Death of Cambyses II
Cambyses II was buried in Iran
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wait for part two
(will be published Next Week 4:00 pm )
(Cairo time zone +2)
(Cairo time zone +2)
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