Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa

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The Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa was a legendary and ill-fated Persian military expedition ordered by Cambyses II into the Egyptian desert, reputedly ending in the mysterious disappearance of an entire army.

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Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cambyses II’s expedition to Siwa ⓘ
Lost Army of Cambyses ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian desert ⓘ
Lost Army legend ⓘ
Oracle of Amun ⓘ
Siwa Oasis ⓘ
country Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
culturalImpact subject of documentaries and popular history works ⓘ
describedBySource Herodotus ⓘ
estimatedForceSize about 50000 soldiers (traditional account) ⓘ
genre ancient historical tradition ⓘ
hasCause Cambyses II’s hostility toward the Oracle of Amun at Siwa ⓘ
desire to control the Siwa Oasis and its oracle ⓘ
hasInterpretation may reflect a smaller historical disaster in the desert ⓘ
possibly exaggerated or mythical account ⓘ
hasLegend army buried by a sudden sandstorm ⓘ
influenced modern theories about lost armies in deserts ⓘ
location Egyptian Western Desert ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian desert

Oasis of Siwa ⓘ
objective punish or consult the Oracle of Amun ⓘ
reach the Oracle of Amun at Siwa ⓘ
orderedBy Cambyses II ⓘ
outcome mysterious loss of an entire army in the desert ⓘ
participant Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persian army ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid conquest of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Conquest of Egypt
primaryLiterarySource Histories by Herodotus ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
relatedTo Achaemenid conquest of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Conquest of Egypt

Cambyses II ⓘ
Herodotus’ Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus

Oracle of Amun at Siwa ⓘ
linked to: Oracle of Amun
researchedBy archaeologists ⓘ
historians of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
result disappearance of the Persian army ⓘ
failure of the expedition ⓘ
status historicity disputed ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century BCE ⓘ
reign of Cambyses II ⓘ
topic Achaemenid military history ⓘ
Egyptian history ⓘ
desert expeditions ⓘ
military disasters ⓘ

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Cambyses II → campaign → Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa ⓘ