In 525 BC, an army of 50,000 Persians - under the orders of King Cambyses II - set out from Thebes into the western desert of Egypt. Their goal was to subjugate the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis. The army was never seen again, and legend is that the entire army had been swallowed by a sandstorm. This is the story of the Lost Army of Cambyses.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Army_of_Cambyses

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-lost-armyfound-at-las_b_372293

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambyses_II-lost-army.jpg

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