Ipsambul
Americannoun
noun
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In Nubia, beyond the First Cataract, is the renowned rock-hewn temple of Ipsambul, the front of which is adorned with four gigantic portrait- statues of Rameses II., seventy feet in height.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
See the great rock temple of Ipsambul in Lower Nubia.
From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
In the colossal Caryatides we recognise the same genius that excavated the rocks of Ipsambul, and supported a cavern temple upon the heads of giants.
From Sketches by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Even the paws of the Sphinx are covered with such graffiti; and those of Ipsambul or Abu Símbal have proved treasures to epigraphists.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Mr., on the Dog, 585.Bell rock, stones thrown up by storms on, 302.Belzoni, on temple of Ipsambul, 726.——, on a flood of the Nile, 753.Benin, currents in Bay of, 292.Bérard,
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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