Vi avevo detto della scoperta e oggi un lungo articolo approfondisce la questione:

1. The team, led by a veteran pair of twin brothers, Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni, put forward what they claim is the first physical evidence of the army's remains. More than a decade of digs and explorations have turned up earthenware pots, fragments of weaponry dating to the 6th century B.C. and hundreds of human bones. A earring seen as similar to equivalent ancient Achaemenid, or Persian, jewelry has also been recovered. "We are talking of small items," said Alfredo Castiglioni to reporters this week. "But they are extremely important as they are the first Achaemenid objects ... dating to Cambyses' time, which have emerged from the desert sands."
   

Un particolare:

1. While these 50,000 Persian warriors disappeared in the desert, Cambyses didn't fare much better. At the time, he was marching on a kingdom in Ethiopia, but provisions ran out beneath a scorching sun and his troops were forced to pick lots having divided into groups of 10. According to Herodotus, the unfortunate 1 of each 10 was killed and eaten by the other ravenous troops. Cambyses eventually withdrew, chastened by Egypt and its desert.
   

Gli egiziani per ora non confermano la scoperta, ma gli italiani vanno avanti comunque:

1. The Italian team now believe the rest of the army lies not far from the bulk of their discoveries, some 100 km south of Siwa. They have communicated their findings to the Egyptian government and its archaeological authorities, though the government has yet to make an official statement. Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities is notoriously territorial about excavations and, on occasion, prickly when having to hail the successes of foreign archaeologists.
   

Staremo a vedere se l’ipotesi potrà essere confermata del tutto.