stackyFACTSAccording to the ancient historian Herodotus, a massive army of fifty thousand Persian soldiers marched into the Egyptian desert to destroy an oracle, only to completely vanish without a trace.
According to the ancient historian Herodotus, a massive army of fifty thousand Persian soldiers marched into the Egyptian desert to destroy an oracle, only to completely vanish without a trace. The legend claims a violently sudden sandstorm buried the entire military force alive in a matter of hours. Despite decades of modern archeological surveys and satellite imagery, not a single piece of armor or bone has ever been recovered.
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