Egypt
Heritage Key (Sean Williams)
I'm guessing that it will be only a matter of time before Iran asks for the repatriation of the entire army :-). Joke!
- Discussion: Ancient Army May Bridge Iran-egypt Gap
PressTV A discovery in Egypt of the remains of an army led by the Persian King Cambyses II can lead to further Cairo-Tehran cultural cooperation, officials say. According to Aleddin Hassan-Youssef, head of the Egyptian interest section in Tehran, the...
- News: Press Release From Hawass Re Lost Army "find"
drhawass.com For those of you who would like an official announcement to which to link, the SCA's official statement regarding the alleged discovery of the Lost Army of Cambyses is now available on Zahi Hawass's site at the above page. The statement...
- Cambyses Ghost Army
This article is of particular interest on the reports that Herodotus wrote down that the Persian king Cambyses sent an army to the Siwa oasis to punish the priests who refused to legitimize his rule. Recently with the help of Discovery twin brothers...
- Cambyses Lost
Excellent article on the lost army of Cambyses and the twin brothers who are making the recent claims. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/the-lost-armyfound-at-las_b_372293.html...
- Cambyses Lost Army
The Persian king Cambyses was a colourful character with quite a temper but how much is reality and how much is mythology has long been the question. Archaeologists have long searched for his 50 000 strong army which vanished in a sandstorm in 525 bc....
Egypt
News: Iran requests UNESCO's help re Lost Army
Heritage Key (Sean Williams)
Remember the 'groundbreaking discovery' of Cambyses' lost Persian army a few weeks back, in the Western Desert of Egypt? Almost as soon as it had been announced, Zahi Hawass' Supreme Council of Antiquities were all over it, rejecting the Castiglioni brothers' claims they'd found the legendary fleet near Siwa Oasis.
Yet any doubts as to the brothers' credibility have been lost on Iranian officials, who have branded Dr Hawass' rejection of the discovery as politically motivated, and have urged UNESCO to step in to save the army's remains. The request by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Toursim Organisation (ICHHTO) was made yesterday. Spokesman Hassan Mohseni tells Fars news agency: "Egypt's chief archeologist Zahi Hawass has recently rejected the discovery of the army in his personal weblog due to political pressure."
It's an odd twist in a growing saga which promises to run for some time yet. Various cyber-sleuths have succeeded only in shrouding the story in even more mystery, digging up conflicting claims from sources as far back as 2004.
I'm guessing that it will be only a matter of time before Iran asks for the repatriation of the entire army :-). Joke!
- Discussion: Ancient Army May Bridge Iran-egypt Gap
PressTV A discovery in Egypt of the remains of an army led by the Persian King Cambyses II can lead to further Cairo-Tehran cultural cooperation, officials say. According to Aleddin Hassan-Youssef, head of the Egyptian interest section in Tehran, the...
- News: Press Release From Hawass Re Lost Army "find"
drhawass.com For those of you who would like an official announcement to which to link, the SCA's official statement regarding the alleged discovery of the Lost Army of Cambyses is now available on Zahi Hawass's site at the above page. The statement...
- Cambyses Ghost Army
This article is of particular interest on the reports that Herodotus wrote down that the Persian king Cambyses sent an army to the Siwa oasis to punish the priests who refused to legitimize his rule. Recently with the help of Discovery twin brothers...
- Cambyses Lost
Excellent article on the lost army of Cambyses and the twin brothers who are making the recent claims. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/the-lost-armyfound-at-las_b_372293.html...
- Cambyses Lost Army
The Persian king Cambyses was a colourful character with quite a temper but how much is reality and how much is mythology has long been the question. Archaeologists have long searched for his 50 000 strong army which vanished in a sandstorm in 525 bc....