Legend has it that somewhere in the middle of the great dune sea his army was overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost forever. The lost army of cambyses kindle edition by sussman, paul. Two and a half millennia later, a mutilated corpse is washed up on the banks of the nile at luxor. She finds him slumped dead in his apartment, apparently of natural causes. The lost army of cambyses is a strong police procedural that interweaves archaeological elements into the plot, but though engaging and educational never slows down the pace of the story line. The fact that the fate of the army of cambyses ii remained unclear for such a long time is probably due to the persian king darius i, who ended the egyptian revolt with much bloodshed two years. A pulsepounding archaeological thriller thats a mustread for all fans of dan brown and clive cussler. Paul sussman author paul sussman was a journalist, author, and field archaeologist, and the author of the international bestsellers the lost army of cambyses, the last secret of the temple, and the hidden oasis. The lost army of cambyses refers to a claim made by the greek historian herodotus about an army the persian king sent to conquer the ammonians in the libyan desert. Free download the lost army of cambyses ebooks pdf author.
While escaping the egyptians 2,500 years ago, the persian king cambyses led his army into the desert and disappeared forever. Vanished persian army said found in desert technology. The lost army of cambyses ebook king county library. For centuries adventurers and archaeologists have tried to find the lost army. Not long afterwards, cambyses did in fact regret the loss of cr.
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