cial bones thin and delicately proportioned.—I. C. 80 cubic inches. F. A. 75°, Egyptian
form.
(Oat. 797.). A small, thin, irregularly formed head, with a full forehead and salient
nose. The alveoli are absorbed by age. A woman of 70 years?-rl. C. 76 cubic inches,
Egyptian form,
: D.— FROM THE NECROPOLIS OF MEMPHIS, NORTH-WEST OF THE PYRAMID OF FIVE STEPS'.
- Nine skulls of mummied Egyptians, taken by Mr. Gliddon from a-large pit which had
just been opened by the Arabs. Mr. G. remarks that No. 803 is a inale, a r^ 8 0 4 a female,
both unwrapped by his own hands. “ These mummies were all. of a superior, order,
and enclosed in wood® cases. uHjfeuipit was opened in my presence, and consisted "of a
deep shaft cut through the solid rock, with two or three chambers filled with undisturbed
mummies.”
Scarcely any integuments remain on these heads, the removal of the wrappings leaving
the bone for the most part completely denuded..
Plate IHuF ig . 3. (Cat. 804.) A remarkably beautiful female head, not exceeetipg the
age of twelve years, Pelasgic form. -
Plate I I I , Fig. 4.., (Cat. 799,): A ponderous skull, ?wi^;^:fine frontal, and ^uU,p^r.
nal region. Probably a man of 35 years.—I. C. 87-cubic inches. F. A.*.8g|; » Pflasgic
form.
Plate III*;Fig. 5. (Cat. 816,| A beautifully oval and finely arched cr^njpm^with a
high, prominent forehead, tumid occiput, aquiline nose, and oblong orbitar cdvitie|... A
man of 45?—I. C. 92 cubic inches. F. A. 78°. Pelasgic form.
Plate IIL, Fig 6, ; (Cat, 798.) A delicately ^proportioned and finely ,'arjg^Ied head,
The cheek hones are small, and the nose strongly aquiline. Age, about 45 years.—I, C.
84‘cubic inches. F. A. 80?. Pelasgic form.
. Plate III., Fig. 7. (Cat. 802.) A finely developed cranium, with a 4 e l i ^ y b u t rather
prominent face, and strongly arched pose. Probably a female of~50 years,— pUbic
inches. Egypto-Pelgsgic form. 7 :
Plate IH., Figf S, (Cat. 803.) A large, oyal head, with a broad. receding -forehead,
low coronal region, and salient nose. A man of 45 or 50 years.—I. C. 92 effi^c^pches.
F, A. 82°. Pelasgic form. ^
(Cat. 800.) ^Skull of a child of 10 years, with a receding forehead,, harrow, projecting,
face, and salient teeth. Negroid form. " ' . ■ ’
(Cat. 801.) A juvenile head, heavy, but beautifully, proportioned, especially in the
frontal region. Pelasgic form. ?
Plate III., Fig. 9. (CatV-825.) A large and remarkably intellectual head, of We. finest
proportions throughout. The hair is J n part preserved, and is longr smooth" and of a
dark brown colour.—I. C. 93 cubic inches. F. A.' 81°.' Pelasgic form.
E.— FROM TOORA, ON THE NILE. :i;l
Plate II., Fig. 9. (Cat. 840.) ' Skull of a man from th.e ancient quarries atjTqora, opposite
MemphiSj On the- east bank of the Nile, about seven miles above Cairo. From
this7'pm^j.®e'4’stb%^%er'e1 obtained f6r building the Pyramids of Gizeh, and many later
- Itluctures; dbwmfo1 the'* bP-thd ‘Ptolemies. Mr. Gliddon was present at the exhumation
.o^evifral of these ydt, owing to their extremely fragile state, but one
reacHM^th^hh safety, a^SlffiUhlfs’T am indebted t$ th e kindness of Mr. Mash. They
werOTfmpSfd' M>rMd saf&Wph'agil'dOTlInbstone, and wrapped in coarse matting. These
remain^w|i!&¥wer^ d-isdeferedln 183'7438/are supposed to have pertained to-the master-
quarry men. •
The head jS g u r^m o f an eldng’atea^ovali form, with a moderate frontal development
and region. The’ndsels strongly salient and aquiline, and the whole cranialystruoture
thin undfd'efiicatejML Qf 89euhic inches^ F. A. 79°. Pelasgic form.'
. Remanks,op^tK^.pjfecedin^series^of Crania.—A mere»g^hp^at tb*s group of skulls will
Jsatisfy anydonesaecustomed to cj^urisom» of this kind, that mostofthem possess the Caucasian
traits’in- a ’mdst'sffifehg-ahu^nle^uiivocal manner1/ whether we regard their form,
■ ^^^foWMfialtangleWrlfis, in fa8t/qubstTon®BleJWhether a^greiftSr proportion of beautifully
^'^^MPniimbeE^ffldividuals taken at random
fr'orri-any’^ it$ ||g 'E uropeaflfHatfori. I'®h®S|8Mfe serieg odhfeitfs of sixteen examples of
th ^ P e la% i^ d d fseven-elhlKe^g^iMaTormfllM^^emM^hfeadyone of the Negroid
tpriety'andl attt»?jwif|yoir fhesef regains there can be
M&xpie^tioni,. ra fajfatiltti expect §m part those from the P y ra tn id ^ Five Steps,
we'have dvid'endeiof a1 mi ne!-jpr^isefchOT
«T^fteisVrnsst^^ appIlfStfo; have |repa%d>^iwbut7H.ft;le fbitumen,
:^^^haie^unde^l1j[KA(le^i'caa'tion^ro>cria'et^Himitive-rafi(l^wple,lpfdcesss|)wernbaIrhirig“
sliPHn.foIJie\ampjc, as 'In '•'t.Camrajh'gMiembody in natron,^dllM'eri' feuBjecting'it-to-heht in
that i^tHesettwbhMaf^hd^lMM' has not Beefi re^-
^nc^erfffrtTibuglln the p?iilt^V;i&BoapmeJ^Penr?tts n^fSmWSfnlie3 elhrifeid! Bette, is
unbroken./'And the cranial uuntehls^raillMH^?Me.bhl}?llave''bdffl^fffiiirkwn through
’ 'EMsfltfst -r'emarli^als^^Mhes^tb sixfeehu+offi'eKhhM^^teife’^lfins^ whbhfce I was at
first- led^tojEUppose'' that? tn<?y> not*'pertain tot^ v£'ry: rem’ote ’s Bfrt* wherf wk
‘tHo%lUestircmmns^msim reriioVal
©f4he -brain' tlSSsif^h* the nose^vas art^M Snbakh-
-ftig/may we -noF-suppose that this^ifflpcrforatb^tHfe ori$ $ i“fthiIfuurn points'-t<Mni early ■
epdfeh'-of Egyptian Mafey,aB^ore^a5Kmwdirtd*(?^bTOtl^^^h^l§'%ikt)6fat:e; methods of
^eserving^Bet^eadr*f^^wIffe'h' ar° w ^ ^ a r ¥ It has
B^Ucmfem-irfed?that the,-p'r§S-i%aty of th e |N ^M ^ ^ e ^ ^ tl^ f* ^ w M 'em p h lis ga$e rifee
to;ti^ ^ ^ ^ oH ir'd@‘emtial'rra^$!'^M it is neV ahtm^fbfeclm^upposiiti^ ^ t liat the DrdfuSe.
emploj^nent df'Bitumentwas a ^fe&5pue^t)refineMen^OTlf^i:ffl^FW sUggestibh derives
so‘m^Q^o^t^frbm^a38th^ffacff%Srhdi^tnb^n^eV^yJ?hsf^fe‘eL*BSw‘Bibh I hav'ecebsSrvfed
the brain to> lif« eM&ii * re m o vedw<ln rrug IP the1 ^®e|ftH^iii)0i?e^ and®'ih\^gm@mts are-mitcli
more chb'r*|,m!!wif]^®^^nen<-tH‘a8' ih the ii'^p'cB^^tb^Tabj^^-
It may;perhaps; bb*/c®je^|?|^iit)yrs6lme t h ^ t h e ' t h i s serieb belong
to %ke^tOlf^a^epdcI^'ahdfhe^S'!peEtai^i^^teet1(jfeek inhabitants d^|hat[;)§g^:) b®^t,
hstetbe rdrhembered thAfffte*rule o f th ^R til^ d ^ l^ te c ^ lr a t afm&t three hundred years;
whereas th^Tigvptnns \\ nine is ancl entbnfbe’d' their dead
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