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POPSVanished Persian army said found in desert According to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great, sent 50,000 soldiers from Thebes to attack the Oasis of Siwa and destroy the oracle at the Temple of Amun after the priests there refused to legitimize his claim to Egypt. After walking for seven days in the desert, the army got to an "oasis," which historians believe was El-Kharga. After they left, they were never seen again. "A wind arose from the south, strong and deadly, bringing with it vast columns of whirling sand, whi
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POPSAncient Egyptian Flying Vehicles
Although no airplanes or airplane parts have ever been found from the ruins of ancient Egypt, is there corroborating evidence that they constructed aircraft? Even more controversial than the model airplane are the enigmatic carvings found in the temple of Abydos, Egypt by Dr. Ruth Hover. Hover photographed a wall panel which had been revealed when a newer overlaying panel crumbled and fell off. The older panel beneath contained embossed images that resemble modern aircraft as seen in profile. One bears a striking resemblance to a modern helicopter, while others could be interpreted as aircraft, hovercraft or even flying saucers. When the photos of these carvings first surfaced, it was assumed that they had been digitally altered to create a sensational hoax. And indeed some of them had been retouched to more clearly show aircraft-like features. But even unaltered photos seemed to show the very modern-looking figures. Perhaps looks are deceiving, however. The official take from
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POPSEgypt Mummy Has Sex Changed Dr. Jesse : "In that one in particular the soft tissues were really well preserved and you can actually still see the penis is still intact, you can make out some of the structure of the internal organ of the penis and so that's how we were able to tell beyond a reasonable doubt that this was a male." "There are actually 64 detectors in there. And each one of these detectors are point six millimeters thick, so each one of those can give us a slice, a cut if you will, of the actual body or whatever it you're scanning in there. And by doing that your resolution, your ability to resolve two points in space is point six millimeters because that's how thin those slices are." .. Read the rest "Lady" Hor is thought to be around two thousand years old and was first discovered in 1937. The casket was believed to contain a female body because the casket did not feature a beard - the usual sign of a male mummy.
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