Lost Army of Persian King Cambyses II Found (525 BC)

MSNBC and DiscoveryNews is reporting on a stupendous discovery this morning. "The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago."

Herodotus reported on the tradegy that overtook the 50,000 soldiers, but this is the first concrete evidence to prove the accuracy of the ancient historian.

Bronze weapons, some small pieces of jewelry and hundreds of human bones where discovered by twin brothers --Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni.

After studying ancient maps, the pair decided that other historians were wrong and that the army did not take the caravan route "via the Dakhla Oasis and Farafra Oasis", but instead took another route, which to the brothers made more strategic sense.

"To test their hypothesis, the Castiglioni brothers did geological surveys along that alternative route. They found desiccated water sources and artificial wells made of hundreds of water pots buried in the sand. Such water sources could have made a march in the desert possible."




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