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ABOU-SHKlli: 



tiwfaMfcof Uw 



of UM outnd*, and 

 of la* lal*rior 



raM of Uus l*nli is about fast; th. depth 

 Mro of UM door-way to UM extremity of the 

 Wfc * Ps-^a-.Wl^;"-"*- 



Kn.m this apartasBt 



/ that wcanuion u richly adorned 



v MB totoTaarrow Uad of nstibak, UM diMctka of whose length 

 I. .1 rwt sagl** to Ik* azb of Ih* excavation ; tad UMOC* into UM 

 MHtaa or ...if-. wUeh ooatams Ik* I Mini of a sitting ssata* out 

 two olMr MU ahunUn baidM thoM wa- 

 j-*.i ----- >.-i.i i.ii-j-i.,. Th. interior 



u richly adorned with painted I*, reliefs, repre- 

 iisllil iiiiils.il f palnvt.rai>clM* and th* Mat to OdrU, with other 

 nsliiiH MaUY fcMl in Ih* Kgyptian sonlpturw. The figure* are 

 MtoWd yUow with black baif Ttk* bead-dross of Isi. U punted in 



whh* (trip**; th* coiling is Wu*, wbloh is a Itvourite colour 



. ! . , , . . - 



n I HI in. nn.Hisni a* H is, ifaiki into liuignraoanoe 

 rsd wHh aaotbor rook-oat tempi* which U found a few 



row ; each lid* of UM pillar* measures, according to some accounts, 

 S fast, according to other* 8 foot. Their height, according to 

 Bslsoni's account, is SO feet. To each pillar U attached by it* back a 

 Handing colossus, which, reaching Uie roof with iu high cap, appear* 

 to support the incumbent man. The*) figures are described u bold 

 in their execution, and a* producing an agreeable effect. Their arm* 

 are eroaaed on the breait ; in one hand they bear the key of the Nile, 

 and in too other the scourge. Theae statues are entirely covered with 

 a kind of ituoco, which u richly painted with various colours. 



The painted walla, which represent a hero of ooloaaal aiia, gaining 

 a victory over his enemies, triumphing, Ac., are well worth a careful 

 (tudy, not only a* work* of art which possess merit in their way. Imt 

 from the reawnblanoe, in many reipecte, of the events here depicted 

 to the battie-acenea represented on the wall* of Thebes. They appear 

 to be the record* of groat achievement*, such as tradition assigns to 

 Sesostris, who is now generally considered to be identical with Ramse* 

 the Great The name and title of the Utter monarch are foim.l iu 

 many parts of the temple ; and if he wan not the original excavator, 

 he may perhaps bo considered, at least, as the oompleter of this great 

 design. 



I Csst distant in the opposite side of the valley. The front of 

 lab to|ili was almost covered with sand, except the head and 

 koubbn of OB* of th* four colossi which decorate the facade, and 

 UM MOB* and brad of an enormous hawk. Behtoni, in the year 1817, 

 whh UM i iriKm 11 of Captains Irby and Mangles, and the aid of the 

 natiwa, onOBOsJod in finding the entrance ; but he had to remove 81 

 sWt of aaad bofcrs b* oam* to the top of the door. 



This Kration Is about 100 fort above th* level of the river, and 

 mow K.R by K. The width of UM front is 117 feet (127 according 

 to Colo**! itanttua). and 80 high ; th* height from the top of the 

 4oor to UM top of ttw comic* to Ofl foH inches; the height of th.. 

 door ( M 1ML There are four enormous sitting oolosai in front, 

 Wofc SM UM UrgMt la all E^ypt or Nnbk. 



Tkw Mowing an son* of UM dimooaions of on* of these enormous 

 Iftirx UfMt 4 inch** across the shoulders, the face 7 feet long, the 

 OM t PMt 8 mcaos, UM board 8 feet inches ; the whole height, as it 

 Ms, b boot CO fast, bosklos UM cap. which i 1 4 feet high. Only two 

 <<tlM* mosMtors an in night ; a third in l.un.-.l in the mm), I 



partly faUon down from th* rock to which he was attached 

 fc, audits also oovorsd. From som* traces of colour on these 



Owr the door there is a figure in relief of 



. 



*". M hot Ugh, la a nich*, and with two oolooMl flgtires, one on 

 * **' **** towards it Tb. highest part of the facade in 

 hnftiilbv a oondos, ornaBMOtott with hieroglyphics, 

 NT aad frW Utow It Abor* the oornlSe is a i 

 2*.T* i ' B " tod - ' f*H high and 





facade 



and a in.nl. I 

 row of twenty- 

 6 across the 



b tempi, b about 170 feet It contain, in all four 

 t lU*" ***' "ng*nenta maybe best understood, 

 ' , b ooMkUring It as containing four | 

 J* sUMr, whh a number of attached apartment*. 



IhMMttok 



, wrre to 



tat. 



gir, 



to which we refer at 

 ption of the Pronaoa, 



aim. Idea of the colossal 



ibar mat, w 



* ftb * w H'- Tb. Brstohambor U 57 feet long, and flJ 

 "* * two row* of square piUars, four in each 



In the adytum, or last chamber of the four almv.- mnitionoil, wliic li 

 U 23{ feet long, anil 1'2 wi<U>, there are four colosiwl paintd figures 

 seated at the extremity: in the centre of t). - a pedestal. 



Heeren conjectures that a sarcophagus once stood on this pedestal, 

 and that we ought to consider this huge excavation not a temple, but 

 1 1 nth 



The name Abousambul is variously written at the present 

 and the origin of it is somewhat obscure. It seems most probable 



that it contains the nyllable Ptam (the name of a deity), whi.-h 

 we observe in several Egyptian names, 



an. I 



such iw Psauimis 

 Psammetichus. 



(liiui 'n; Belioni's Ojxraliont in Egyf 



Nubia; Hitter's Africa; CoL Stratton, in Kdin. Phil. Journal; 



tie* of Ike Society fur th' IHfution of 

 KnouUdgt.) 



ABOU-SHEHR, or BUSHIUE, a town on the east side of th,- 

 Persian Qulf, stands on the northi-rn i-xtn-mity of a sandy |Miinmi]a, 

 in 28 67' N. lat, 60" 62* E. long., and has a imputation of :ilB,,it 

 20,000, chiefly Persians, Arabs, and Armeninna. The town, which 

 is about three miles in circuit and rectangular in form, in d. I 

 on the south side by a wall flanked with toiiml t.iw.r-: on nli 

 sides it is washed by the sea, which to the north forum tlu> li:irl...ur. 

 The bouses are built of a white atone, and Miinn..r,iit. .1 j,\ t 

 constructed for purposes of vpntilntion ; nnd the town aooorilin^ly 

 has a charming appearance from the sea, lint n view of the ii. 

 dinppointa expectation ; the streete are "1 unpavod, 



and few of the houses are good. Tin- ]" ^ iiflndi- a few 



mosijuos, a shnik'n palnce, a bazani linli.-i 



Company, which has a resident hero. Since the dc.-lim! of Umnlrr 

 Abbas, or (lomorooii. lin^hin- has become the great >r )!>< 



Indian trade. Vessels of 800 tons anchor inaroadstead six mil. - tV.nii 

 the town. The export* comprine rnw and manufactured silk, wool, 

 shawls, homes for the cavalry service in In . rose- 



water, Shim* wine, grain, tobacco, pearls, turquoises, assnt 

 Rail-nut*. The imports are rice, sugar, h (ton Roods, 



stoel ware, spices, porcelain, Ac,, from Imlia >ui'l Cliiim; Mocha 

 coffee, and bullion, and European manufacture* from Rawiorah. The 

 country near Bnshire is parched and barren, presenting to virw 



