<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE . These are the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh and Ephraim . Claims of descent from the "lost" tribes have been proposed in relation to many groups, and some religions espouse a messianic view that the tribes will return . </P> <P> In the 7th and 8th centuries CE, the return of the lost tribes was associated with the concept of the coming of the messiah . </P> <P> The Jewish historian Josephus (37--100 CE) wrote that "the ten tribes are beyond the Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude and not to be estimated in numbers ." </P>

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