by
Damien F. Mackey
Dear
Sir, I am reading your Nabonidus papers. Re: the madness of Cambyses, this is a
story made up by Darius to justify his seizure of power from the sons of Cyrus.
Cyrus would have known if Cambyses was prone to madness and would not have
entrusted the throne to him. Cambyses was not mad; he did die from a wound; but
not one self inflicted for having killed the Apis Bull. The Apis Bull died a
natural death and was replaced. There was no "imposter" Bardiya.
Darius killed the real Bardiya and made up the imposter and Cambyses madness
stories to cover up his seizure of power. Herodotus was taken in, or otherwise
induced to endorse the false propaganda. Yours ….
Damien Mackey’s response:
…
Or
is it “Cambyses” as a Persian king that
has been “made up”?
For,
might not “Cambyses” actually be the mad King Nebuchednezzar himself?
After
all, Cambyses had (as I have noted in articles) another name, “Nebuchednezzar”.
And
Nebuchednezzar also smashed Egypt – particularly in his guise as Ashurbanipal
(who had a burning fiery furnace). See e.g. my series:
"Nebuchednezzar
Syndrome": dreams, illness-madness, Egyptophobia. Part Two: Ashurbanipal;
Nabonidus; Cambyses; Artaxerxes III
most relevant, in this case, being Part Two:
And
his death also occurred apparently soon after he was in Egypt.
And
he, too, was highly superstitious and pious.
And
he, too, messed around with the traditional rites.
And
I have also suggested that the Udjahorresne who had assisted Cambyses in Egypt
was the very same individual as Tirhakah’s son and heir, Ushanahuru:
Cambyses mentored
in Egypt by Udjahorresne. Part Two: Meeting and identifying Udjahorresne
Tirhakah
being, of course, a contemporary of Ashurbanipal (= Nebuchednezzar).
My
best regards,
Damien.
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