tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post9218761662039352869..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Cambyses' army found in EgyptDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-90355524611623076322009-11-17T01:18:03.034+02:002009-11-17T01:18:03.034+02:00Really, a very good story. Will it be true?
I thin...Really, a very good story. Will it be true?<br />I think, it would need more studies but... I wish it is real.Historialibroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228813887643026337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-89931034173110594302009-11-14T20:38:55.767+02:002009-11-14T20:38:55.767+02:00Just a interesting side note about
Cambyses.
Hero...Just a interesting side note about<br />Cambyses.<br /><br />Herodotus frequently mentions Arabs allying with Cambyses in the conquest for Egypt. <br /><a rel="nofollow"> http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/herodotus/darius.htm</a> <br /><br /><b><i>[3.88.1] So Darius son of Hystaspes was made king, and the whole of Asia, which Cyrus first and Cambyses after him had conquered, was subject to him, except the Arabians; these did not yield as of slaves to the Persians, but were united to them by friendship, having given Cambyses passage into Egypt, which the Persians could not enter without the consent of the Arabians.</i></b>Katharóshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16649693310029639154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-44789708439237072852009-11-14T12:10:41.398+02:002009-11-14T12:10:41.398+02:0050,000? Am I the only one questioning the logistic...<i>50,000? Am I the only one questioning the logistics involved?</i> -<br /><br />It seems that ancient military historians tended to exaggerate the figures systematically. 5000 is probably more reasonable, I guess. But now that they have been found (apparently) we can always count the bodies, I guess. <br /><br />Judith: good point. There's a lot of limelight love these days in science: trying to capture media attention with a good story (and we must admit this is a good one) is a too common "marketing" tactic for scientists in search of funding and academic honors. <br /><br />However it seems that the Castiglioni brothers were in search of that particular expedition, so at least the findings and the premises are consistent. <br /><br />But let's see how many bodies are there: it may be a mere patrol of half a dozen or so for what we know now.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-32757028316711045162009-11-14T11:33:43.621+02:002009-11-14T11:33:43.621+02:00Not just Rogue Classicism is sceptical. See Lacus...Not just Rogue Classicism is sceptical. See <a href="http://rambambashi.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/cambyses-not-so-lost-army/" rel="nofollow">Lacus Curtius & Livius</a>: "What archaeologists can find, is evidence that a Persian army got into trouble; but stating that the finds belonged to a particular expedition is introducing a secundum quid. I think we must be suspicious." Quite so.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-65901652578321666482009-11-14T11:16:39.101+02:002009-11-14T11:16:39.101+02:00Yes.
50,000? Am I the only one questioning the l...Yes.<br /><br />50,000? Am I the only one questioning the logistics involved?eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-12552929230983354562009-11-14T11:05:19.360+02:002009-11-14T11:05:19.360+02:00It's a great story with religious undertones.It's a great story with religious undertones.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com