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Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:10 pm
by Minimalist
Cambyses "missing" army! Thanks to Ish for sending the link.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33791672/ns ... e-science/
The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology's biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.
Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert have raised hopes of finally finding the lost army of Persian King Cambyses II. The 50,000 warriors were said to be buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C.
"We have found the first archaeological evidence of a story reported by the Greek historian Herodotus," Dario Del Bufalo, a member of the expedition from the University of Lecce, told Discovery News.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:52 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
I can see a new Cecil B. DeMille arising! The scripts should be coming out of the woodwork!
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:54 am
by kbs2244
The Discovery Site on todays news page has some amazing PIC and vided.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/c ... ahara.html
The term “sea of bones” comes to mind.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:34 am
by Minimalist
Good video....I'm sure the first thing they'll figure out is that it would be closer to 5000 than 50000. Ancient stats always seem to be inflated!
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:15 pm
by Sam Salmon
Minimalist wrote:Good video....I'm sure the first thing they'll figure out is that it would be closer to 5000 than 50000. Ancient stats always seem to be inflated!
Agreed.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:51 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
That video doesn't work in Safari, Chrome, or InternetExplorer on my Mac...
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:27 pm
by Minimalist
Buy a real computer.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:05 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
Minimalist wrote:Buy a real computer.
No, the coders of that site/stream should learn to adhere to the W3C rules.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... ne&group=0
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:03 pm
by MichelleH
Sadly, this came out on Dr. Hawass' website today:
http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release- ... ern-desert
Press Release- Alleged Finds in Western Desert
I need to inform the public that recent reports published in newspapers, news agencies and TV news announcing that “twin brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni have unearthed remains of the Persian army of Cambyses,” are unfounded and misleading.
The brothers are not heading any archaeological mission in Berenike Panchrysos at the small Bahrin Oasis near Siwa Oasis. This site has been excavated since 2002 by an Italian mission led by Dr. Paulo Gallo of Turin University. The Castiglioni brothers have not been granted permission by the SCA to excavate in Egypt, so anything they claim to find is not to be believed.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities has already informed the proper legal and security authorities in Egypt and are taking the necessary procedures.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:50 pm
by Minimalist
Sounds like Zahi is pissed that he didn't find it!
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:14 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
LOL!
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:06 pm
by JSteen
Wait, anything they claim to find cannot be believed because they weren't given permission for their digs?
Logic problem.
Re: Major Find in the Egyptian Western Desert
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:17 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
JSteen wrote:Wait, anything they claim to find cannot be believed because they weren't given permission for their digs?
Logic problem.
No, a not-invented-here-problem, a.k.a. an image problem, and a power problem.
Logic clearly has got nothing to do with it.