Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Abu-Simbel

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​Abu-Simbel, or Ipsambul, the ancient Aboccis or Abuncis, a place in Nubia, on the left bank of the Nile, about 50 miles S.W. of Dorr, remarkable for its ancient Egyptian temples and colossal figures hewn out of the solid rock. For a description of these see Nubia.

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