Crania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the MonumentsMorton, Samuel George
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Crania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the Monuments
Morton, Samuel George
Craniology -- Egypt; Ethnology -- Egypt
Plate VI., Fig. 1. (Cat. 860.) A man of fifty, with a small but well
proportioned cranium. The bones of the face are small, and the whole
osseous structure very thin.—I. C. 80 cubic inches. F. A. 82°.
_Egyptian form._
(Cat. 853.) Head of a man of fifty, with a low coronal region,
receding forehead, full occiput, aquiline nose, and remarkable
flatness beneath the temporal muscles.—I. C. 95 cubic inches.
_Egyptian form._
Plate VI., Fig 2. (Cat. 865.) An oval head with a full but retreating
forehead, a large, aquiline nose, and angular, prominent face. The
eyes are embalmed open. _Semitic form._
Plate VI., Fig. 3. (Cat. 893.) A singularly thin cranium, especially
in the lateral parietal regions. The forehead is moderately expanded
and the nose straight.—I. C. 85 cubic inches. F. A. 81°. _Pelasgic
form._
Plate VI., Fig. 4. (Cat. 850.) A large oval cranium, with a voluminous
forehead, a small aquiline nose, and rounded orbits. Age, seventy to
eighty years?—I. C. 86 cubic inches. _Pelasgic form._
Plate VI., Fig. 5. (Cat. 859.) An octogenarian female, with a small
but well proportioned head, and delicate facial bones. This cranium,
which is remarkable for its tenuity, retains a very little smooth,
long hair.—I. C. 82 cubic inches. _Pelasgic form._
Plate VI., Fig. 6. (Cat. 881.) Skull of a female not exceeding
seventeen years of age, with a beautifully developed forehead, and
delicate facial bones, yet possessing an obvious downward elongation
of the upper jaw, as in the Hindoo.—I. C. 71 cubic inches. F. A. 80°.
_Egyptian form._
Plate VI., Fig. 7. (Cat. 889.) A well formed, oval head, with a
remarkably prominent nose and chin.—I. C. 83 cubic inches. F. A. 83°.
_Egyptian form._
Plate VI., Fig. 8. (Cat. 870.) A long oval cranium, with a broad,
receding forehead, tumid occiput, very long aquiline nose, and sharp
features. The hair, which is cut close, is brown and silky.—I. C. 79
cubic inches. A man of thirty? _Semitic form._
Plate VI., Fig. 9. (Cat. 876.) A small, but oval male head, with hair
of a fine texture and brown colour.—I. C. 83 cubic inches. _Egyptian
form._
Plate VII., Fig. 1. (Cat. 851.) A narrow, elongated cranium, with a
retreating forehead, and rather produced maxillæ. The whole osseous
structure is remarkably delicate. A woman of thirty-five?—I. C. 79
cubic inches. F. A. 80°. _Egyptian form._
Plate VII., Fig. 2. (Cat. 861.) Skull of a man of fifty, large and
massive: forehead and coronal region but moderately developed; face
projecting, with a small, aquiline nose.—I. C. 91 cubic inches. F. A.
78°. _Egyptian form._
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