Ipsambul
Americannoun
noun
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In the colossal Caryatides we recognise the vast 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
He was the first to open the great temple of Ipsambul, cut in the side of a mountain, and at that time shut in by an accumulation of sand.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel
We left Wadee Halfeh at dawn, on our return down the river to Cairo, and arrived at Aboo Simbel, or Ipsambul as it is sometimes called, in time to see the temples before dusk.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
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
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