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Curiosities Respecting Ruins (Ruin at Siwa in Egypt-Ruins)

Ruin at Siwa, in Egypt-Ruins of Palmyra-Ruins of Hercu laneum, and Pompeii-Ancient Ruins of Balbec-Ruins of Agrigentum, in Sicily-Ancient Grandeur of Carthage.

The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve.

Shakspoare.

RUIN AT SIWA, IN EGYPT.-A great curiosity about Siwa, is a ruin, of undoubted antiquity, which, according to Mr. Browne, resembles exactly those of Upper Egypt, and was erected and adorned by the same intelligent race of men. The figures of Isis and Anubis are conspicuous among the sculptures; and the proportions are those of the Egyptian temples, though in miniature. What remains of it, is a single apartment, built of massy stones, of the same kind as those PALMYR PALMYRA M