the brain. This operation, whïphf appears tolhave. been alm est < 'jirtaiêMï # ' jk actised&at
Thebes, was eeïûparativdy'ùn^®al at Memphis-;* for ead* from the
latter necropolis, five only iïrfe peiSffraled'; Trifl&laMB the fifty-five 7L’hel>an crania, a lie are
perforated but two; a'nd-m'a .thiràjthe eth|^®^ÇjSo Itflé .broken thatfiBej, brain conf e M
have been removed through^tlblQïifice 1 ffîm^oe&ÿ^detnct threoî iifttanc'e^pfeemijlote
perforation of the nose?)in whidMaie - b rain had been! extracted -•t'bfiffih the, ffiairnum,
by cutting the neck half across beh.jn.dl; the bandâgopbeiiig'foided^oveHtheimaiMoii
The absence of the ethmoidal peiroraïiohin the ol3e^*oUwsrtTOmi\lemphis;>an?»])ri rrihnv
others of a later date from the same lfficrapoli*,, leads mb" to ‘su^p.os^thaKne ‘brain may
have been primitivelÿrÿemovedt’thro'ugh'-^he'-foràüîeîôrhïâgTîum; and -that?*its extraction
through’ 'th9rfflsif|as‘i already suggested, may'ha^S^èfeêH^subsequeh^fefÉfeteén-^of the
embalming art. Again, vthé'different provinces^ of Egypt may lfavêtJSâf(]i!pec’tilfâr8^.l
conventional details in this as in other usages; for all the1 heads' from-1 ’© rfîhos and-dM'a'afi*
dehnhaYeithe ethmoidal ojffenin1g;^li2those:from’iAbydo,sfffi:d®®eb0d*,a're without it;
óf.the four from Philæ, oneis-peffeatlà^ndsfcee are trot."'' '
* ;©enôh,f dong'ago ‘pointed 'out ai.peculiaritycof: the*:EgÿptiaiètÿEbSl^«^ seen i|® S |||l|!
markable distance., between the nostrils ‘atfdHthe^teeth. • T-his'nfetthrefift1lh.4a|£small
receding chinois of frequent!occurrence bothimthe mummies anfifeir thè^m’ohuSOTllitt?;
Position b f the Ear.—Everytbne who'bas paid the4east”attentiô1i^t^JEgyptrafi
observedtbe elevatëd-positiqn which is given to the ear; and I havewjpnratwrriyVritire
series of heads,- in'order to ascertain whether this peculiarity has a n y
ture; but I cap-find nothing in them to confirm it. - J Ih e bohy^trM^piptesents' nMifevial
tion -from the usual-fèlative arrangement bf parts; but the car1ilagmbl^4Kù‘ctfire bcihg
desiccated, and consequently Contracted, may not afford sal isfac
and other authors have remarked an .elevation of the ear in som^e^îr)doruWÇ!wfif^*-,ffn(d
the traveller Rawr, quoted by Virey, notices the same" feature in-thê llif^od^audj'iït is
said-.alib to exist ini de^fee in 1 the'4ewâ.u">Thefe^rftay,s'*®!ëÿ^m*S^ï^b^ôî?ï^|ffinnwOt>i,on
lo t this peculiarity* of ' Egyptian sculpture and paintingt^Mt .‘^^^^6ffifiden*tifl^^^®[t
tin». it is nothing more than an upward elongation of the atnicular-cqiTtdcïgc^'Vi^lîâufr
anylm^ii^kWiöfolle^iioiiy^meatiK. It bas also occurred totm^thatëHKè appearaifóè-^
question [may be Sometimes owing to the remarkable vertical lengths dfC*fewpper jaw£mt
some heads (those represented Plate IY., Fig. 2, and Plate V., Fü^^^m^emnï^lefl^in
which it is manifest that thê eaf would possess a remarkable elevation intfesiÆ^l^lo'thii1
maxillary holies',-without being anyV néfîrer* 'to- the top of the head flianf Thsifal**Jd^c^o’
hints may possibly afford some clew to a satisfactory explanation of a,n almost i »variable
rulé'bf Egyptian art.
Dr. Prichard (Researches Vól. TL, p. 251,) has given an abstract _of son!e s_oüsébyÉtions
made by M. De La Malle, on the mummies contained in'the Museum' of- Turin. *%Ih
the skulls of. these [six] mummies, as well as in ’many otheis’ Bfbught’ from the same
country, although the facial angle was not different from that of European hea'ds, the
meatus auditorius, instead of being situated: in the same plane with the basis of the nose,
was found by M. De Malle to be exactly on a level with the centre of-tbe eye’.’L Unless
M. De Malle is an anatomist, and accustomed to comparisons of this kind, PcSn imagine
iPlî whi'©1t*the heed was placed for inspection1,!
fotiffS^nfo^flrep'cmi’ih'Amt'^^lti^iivvanlf ithe higber wffl® be the relative position
'dfttli(fl(‘^^u^iti'])ïi^fe^ft’jtn»Oif^hfJbrrf:*l®Be|(fe|îeiî wMM the nostrilse# the ©ye, a t option.
»1*a ' r u f t t l i b ^ n o i c£fttbtL,!bécaus@-W©(are;Stbld' that in the mummies
»™qn(WieTffl|*‘®m facial à11 from tBi^dffEh-ftJpean-' heads.” I need
b n3®îRciiiiiat.lv' Ins &lbtüâô<,'eaïj the less will be
Üi|&#cia’l i^a®H§' inaidiest [jfe contrad ict each
Iri-lho iranpSfti'k$K^ ^>H|8 ^ t - f i j i ? ! & afeeurate delineations of mummied
li’e 'vain for thê hll'&gM«..pô(Mliarif!yî bf the' Egÿp-
-ffish ear. i f f M lÉfeikifticffifad Negroid forms:
aiindtuijJ^1^^^[oyig?!S|^ifi>iffii*r^ j ^ ‘gi^'>raMpl‘).i^Pi^Sj|ggaIi]^ëfonÿ1>he'people of all nations,
VQ^cPllC^' hs, a nd of eve ry cond i tion in 1 ife. See ' PI ate XIV. : -
y -per naps-yfesa^CBUcl n si ve than, on most
QtKrp~^^msÀ1)^iJifv^irl^F3<\Aq)t*ia»jfctjtKt)(t!giii..^i1) vM|fe^e1^iHeàoj.wl may.seem, w$y$pnri&t
pass it by without a few remarks.
iaU!e'Lo‘dotu'*Yi.iu Ilitu p i-v 'utery I14. \dSffijit c e ah ?> thfÿfEgvjptians
as^ifi. îtj^'ôre-blacky ^êiit*hi*4^^^âi™ÆM^fMteiéf(a*ii(!l|[nV)J am abttfjJSj idkterm. This rfe-
ma-rk a p p l i e s . lilad» tlougs^wp® are in my-
ftolQgicalfiânguage^i%ïfiaveilhçvî‘fi^JJ^MgBi|^sM&>tgJ)hhheil|M ]eat3lt@^pf,thein.}vfhe
Â^^ofiÿDelphK Herëjsi *i!q(;jfi
t«luÿ|^nji^t baye- . f e p i o M * u , k I V l a u i i i c e ;
T llrelej? ^ Wi 1 1 Ak )» omL evcgi
the country itself; whence the name Epyo^nwtos—the blac k country of Hermes.
^pAir.ai.ii^ii^'n'.f&rôoeçÿtqiith'e hta) emo tiJÈ*Mj^^^™^^m^j^p^f^^ess-g];re§|%i'perbapSî
too 1 ilL 'dM jpM m f tty irm a b e ; x v u l l h i o S ■ enôtÈerf e^,(^witness; that
qS, Btwle&a«ite^ji»dnffluMmlis>behi \,t dvtq^ra(^l)f£3W)ytii,/rLJEi^vpt1ii.4|®%^^jg|u
the second century of our era, and his observations must consequently have been made
some thin g |^ p f.eîitb ai 1$ )i i if »1.1 etoÜ(-)M,*jT| J[js .words- axeias
tolLov\7^S’i n coi re'-poiuliri’gw***ij11 umtJiJsSc'hii aur sidüyo 11u*-ft*is-, tog* saji|gllajer
pje^trj^4#ofi,<l|a|Lee’j%;rqen li lw notAtlie^^^^dlÆMÎyi^ifui^^Huya 1 e-111 eré^depiiants'anïE
SËJSiJî^qïP'eyfç But anil M ei^o.udfM%fe thaiBLl he 'noi,t*l ar&j
tfrnfc, (^p,< ij$rby%ai ‘j&f*//? aV. tho^rj for'-exam pie, \\lici® htlmbi^ the tlmh ^bh.enu
(a-^sf uahs^ \ 'ffdÿ^tHl 1 a i n*ïNu biaf), ab()\e^SAfeirofeRfill ^CiS'6li^ \o.ifi-nirv arouudi.-Meroe they
aretôlŸiâSfy ^liffi^mïly b l a c k ^ , A z / ^ i !t"
Here is âijTOle&c^idüncëttolbjbÿi that the;natural 1 iTahtUoMllon of the Negroes
wasithe samerèeKenfôet» ceùtu-rii's- sinoeiasfeitt a»r^S5^gai>e«milooedonl .to-Herqdottts,
tjîef mon urn e'n fe%r pv^friFebty; 5 ^■' suBjec^ T® dbWd;" therefore,
much" iiîbfq readd-y bFlJw^ h a tum - luVtoi irga bèeni in Eg\(pi^^mnpttlîft,û*àdmit
the literal and unquabufioihinteTpretalipinof*hi4\Ç'i|l” 'ttInch hahjbeeti insi^teffioh>by some,
and which wrmlraf'felïï^ tK'cs-Egyptians wiffi* " * '
* Ptolemæi Geo'g. ISb.
^ H D id â®ÿ obe1 ever read" the E uterpe ^ p f lié -Itst ti^^^ph^Q^^®fe^'inisgivin gs - op this kind“! I ask this question
with a profound respect for the venerable historian and traveller*