Aareq·t. The Egyptian name of the island of Philæ. [86]
Âb, Âb·t, or Âbu·t. The Egyptian name of the city and island of Elephantine. [24] [86]
Ȧbdu or Ȧbdu·t. The Egyptian name of Abydos. [88]
Abusimbel. Also called Ipsambul. The ancient Aboccis or Abuncis. A place in Nubia, situated on the Nile, and famous for its stupendous rock-temple of Ramses II., the largest in the world. Each of the four statues at the entrance represents the king himself, and is about seventy feet high. [27]
Abûsîr. A village near the site of ancient Memphis. Here we find four pyramids, one built by Sahurâ, and another by Userenrâ, kings of the vth dynasty. This place must not be confounded with that of the same name in the Delta. [91]
Abu-Sîr. The modern name of the ancient Busiris. [92]
Abydos [pronounced ábĭdos]. The capital of the VIIIth nome of Upper Egypt. [88]
A. D. The Latin Anno Domini "in the year of our Lord".
ﻋÂdite. A person belonging to the ancient Arabic tribe of Âd. [The first sign ﻋ is an Arabic gutteral which cannot be pronounced in English.] [80]
Akhmîm. The present site of the ancient Panopolis. [89]