and the whole facial structure delicate. The head of. a woman of about forty years.*—.
I. C. 90 cubic inches. F. A. 81°; Pelasgic form.
Plate I., Fig. 2. (Cat, 837.) A large and ponderous skull, with a broad but-low
forehead, and very prominent superciliary ridges. The vertex is elevated^ fehe~o'eipimtal
region remarkably full, and the parietal ’„diamefer large. The bones'of the face *are
delicately formed, the noSe long and aquiline, the orbits rounded, the teeth vefticiil^_
I. C. 97 cubic inches. F. A. 83°. Pelasgic form.
Th'isis'the skull of a than who may have reached ^ ’’fiftieth, year.
muiejh #dfn, and parts of the sutures nearly obsolete; This person, long hhlfcedqht^
his death, had- received a severe wejind over the right olfSt, beginning at llie nasal*®»
and extending upwards and outwards nearly twolnches, fracturing anil, depressing both
tables of the skull. The consequent deformity is manifest, although,the cicatrization's
complete.
B.— FROIVI THE MEMPHITE NECROPOLIS.
Eleven skulls from various mummy pits in the great Necropolis-of Sacchra. In Mr.
Gliddon’s. memoranda he remarks that these heads were mostly, taken -from the mu:®«-
mies themselves, and fecanjthe best constructed pits; and that having been mriclosed- iai
coffins painted and otherwise ornamented with different degrees e f .care, they probably
pertained to the higher class of Egyptians. £
Plate II., Fig. 1. (Cat. 808^) A large elongate-oval head, with a broad^high forehead,
low coronal region, and strongly aquiline nose. The orbits nearly rojind ;r teeth perfect
andl vertical.-^L C. 97 cubic inches. F . A. 77°j.raPelasgic form.
^ ^ l a t e II.„Fig,|2. (Cat, 815,) A beautifully-formed head, with a fofehWd^Mghfffuif
and nearly vertical, a good «coronal region, and-largely developed - occiput. _ _The nasal
leones .are long and straight, and the whole facial structure delicatetyprapartioned:' »Age,
between thirty gnd thirty-five years^-Ii C.«®8 cubic inches,- F. A. Pelasgic form,
f J*late Il-i F i g , : ^ (Cat. 812.) Skull of a woman of twenty years? Iwith a beautifully
developed fo re h e a d f^ remarkably thin and delicate structure-throughout-. ’ The frontal
suture remains.—I. C. 82 eabie inches. F. A. 80°, Pelasgic form. £
Plato IL, Fig- 4. (Cat. 806.) A thin cranium, of a short-oval form; the forehead is
broad, the coronal region low, and the. whole face prominent .v Age* about thirty years.
LfC. 83 cubic inches. - F. A. 77°, Egyptian, form.
Plate II., Fig. 5. (Cat. 814.) Cranium of a man. qfeigbty^or ninety years, w ith h
full but rather receding forehead, and strongly developed cranial structure.—-I.- C. 97
cubic inches, Pelasgic form.
^jPlate II.#.Fig. 6, (Cat'S®,) An adhtirable conformation, as seen in the broad, high
forehead, full occiput, and gently aquiline nose. .Probably a female of twenty years.—
I- ©.’856' cubic inches. F. A. 78°. Egyptian form t, - 7
• Plate II,y F ig -7- (Cut'805.) A narrow, elongated head, with an indifferent frontal
region. A man of fifty?~^I. C. 79 cubic inches. F. A. 83°. . Pelasgic form.
* The letters I . C., denote the internal' capacity of the cranium.—F. A., the Facial Angle. " The skulls of persons
under siztehu or eighteen years o f age are seldour measured, and never admitted into the comfmtatipne of this IneEMr;. -
• Plate II. f Fig. 8. (Cat. 80%) A large, thin, oval cranium, with a broad, receding forehead,
tumj^ o 'c claut, a long and very aquiline nose, and remarkably prominent face.
T he‘frontal suture remains »entire. Probably a man of thirty years.—I. C. 88 cubic
inches-. '■ F. A$27f9. Semitic form.
IMato III i f j j t f f i ) A femalp head, \yith. a somewhat receding forehead
aT>(Hamwjii11' lf <udic mcliosr F. A.'^S0. Egyptian form.
Plate IIIv, a% .d A :t e a l l head, with) a narrow frontal region, receding
forehead, b n ^ ^ a ^ t^ a km n c te r - . A femal ê l .of about twenty-five years,—I. C.
73|mBlc mfcbes.' ™|| A fb^ni: 11
Skuff W 'a child'of»CTghf:y'ehrs, With a finely developed forehead, tumid
oromit aWfull fmin. "
C.— FRCfJIVEIïE -1 KONT» OF; THMNORTHERN BRICK PYRAMID OF DASHOUR:
Three skdffijwMhned b^'-^r/Péïriiïg f r o m ' m e n t i o n e d locality in the Memphite
jle oro^ohs? August; 1839, in the process
’drt?ëhjll1in^ tlioi^yto^-^^bl-fqlMvvióg extr^cf'-Mm^l. Vyse’s
admk.aWë work iiform.atiq^we possess in relation ’ fó' these remains,
iïierely'premising 11 lat^mfb 'fttum'Miedï ’fiêSdf" all tra ed *to has Ccjmd. into my pos-
'^ 's s io h .^ '
four li fty bhcli e^y'CTe ^ u n ^ 1 en of which
Wëre'm’öffitóès,. efff^OT^c^anf^P^^piejK^ffi^b^hsüal manner. Tk^qljïiÖrs Were much
Emdmatd been a'Ud iri soine instanéok‘ vleré - bdüild round
JuramiR. of aridifo* a fëw'’brah^^li5f-date trees.
rs^Bitlmr linen1, ‘wuih. a - fringedJ Qèid'êè- of bright
'Heifds x^^e l^^ek ed ^ lth 'l^gm^ éd f neWisï'k.'-1 Mr. Perrihg imagined
tmn a pastoraFp^^l^.prol)ablyj|>CT Bedouins, and that
th e y 'h ^ b ^ e S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g c th 'e r 'w ith the m%ÉimJs,, at a'very^eaOT period, before the
iihl^lbc-liqhfóf
u/ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . tjI ? j^ ^ ^ ^ are^ïsp™in‘ka b l^ ^ |,L te |Q^essA|mdclc'bf the EgyptiaUtform, and
well r e p r e s e n ^ ^ ^ eM l ïW f f lg t t ï i^ e s ï ^
|57(f at 7()7^)f <k aniutn ith a-.recedina fdreheMi S |pgmmïal region,- strongly
^ ^S o n ed ’1 uTpp^j maXülaw?f&£?|r()ih.ment^^^ff«W73’|^ ^ S in c b ê s i F. A. 76°.—
Egyptian blehdëd^feBwIi^^yroïi!?fornthi e
1 pGfet. 7^6.) A'|riiall öVal'hêaii^Iew forehead, and salimit and very aquiEhe nosfe. F a