However, modern Egyptologist Olaf Kaper was skeptical. Since the 19th century, people have been looking for this army: amateurs, as well as professional archaeologists, Kaper said. Some expect to find somewhere under the ground an entire army, fully equipped. However, experience has long shown that you cannot die from a sandstorm, let alone have an entire army disappear.

然而，当代埃及考古学家奥拉夫·开普（Olaf Kaper）对此却持相反观点，“自19世纪以来，民间人士和考古专家一直在寻找这支军队，”开普表示，“一些人期许在地底下找到这支全副武装的军队。然而，经验证实，沙暴不会吞噬一个人，更不必说吞噬整支军队。”

By piecing together information from excavations, historical records, and especially the writings of an Egyptian rebel leader (which Kaper had translated from ancient temple blocks), Kaper believes the Persian army was on its way to Dachla Oasis, where the rebel leader Petubastis III and his troops had been located. But the Persian army was ambushed by the rebel leader and suffered a crushing defeat. From his victory, Petubastis went on to reconquer much of Egypt and crown himself Pharaoh in the capital of Memphis.

开普从考古发掘、历史记载，尤其是一位埃及叛军领袖的手稿中判断，波斯军队是在去戴拉（Dachla）绿洲的路上莫名消失的，而该地是叛军领袖派塔贝斯特斯三世（Petubastis III）的军队所驻扎之地。如此，波斯军队遭遇叛军的伏击，并且惨败。战斗胜利后，派塔贝斯特斯三世继续征服更多的埃及领地并且在孟斐斯（Memphis）首都为自己加冕。

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