Abu-Simbel

Ibsambul, or Ipsambul, the site of two temples on the Nile, constructed by Rameses II. The principal beauties of the facade of the larger temple (119 feet broad, and more than 100 feet high) are the four sitting colo i,, each more than 65 feet 4n height.; _ Abydos, a town and castle of Na- *olia, on the Straits of Gallipoli. In its neighborhood Xerxes, when he invaded Greece, cro ed with his immense army the Hellespont, on a bridge of boats. Memorable also from being the scene of the loves of Hero and Leander, and from Byron having adopted its name in his “ Bride of Abydos.” Also an ancient oitg iat Upyor Hep supposed to have been the ancient This, and to have been secend only to Thebes, ————, or Habesh, an ancient kingdom of Eastern Africa, now under a ‘monarch who claims the title of emperor.