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 X., Fig. 1. (Cat. 844.) A finely formed female head, with a
straight nose, and delicate facial bones. Hair abundant, soft, and
curling.—I. C. 68 cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 2. (Cat. 872.) A woman of fifty?—with a low receding
forehead, and prominent facial structure. Hair abundant, long, and
very fine, of a light brown or auburn colour, and elaborately curled
and platted.—I. C. 72 cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 3. (Cat. 862.) Head of a man of sixty, with a broad
receding forehead, salient nose and light facial bones. Hair, long,
soft, and curling.—I. C. 79 cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 4. (Cat. 843.) Head of a woman of thirty? most
carefully embalmed; with a full forehead, very long, straight nose,
and sharp delicate features, but prominent face. There is a profusion
of long, brown, curling hair.—I. C. 74 cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 5. (Cat. 877.) Head of a man with a broad receding
forehead, salient nose, and delicate features. Hair, dark-brown,
smooth and curling. The beard, though short, is preserved.—I. C. 89
cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 6. (Cat. 60.) Head of a female not exceeding eighteen
years of age, with a low forehead, long, straight nose, and rather
prominent face. Hair long and fine. This style of head is very common
on the Egyptian monuments. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 7. (Cat. 882.) Head of a young girl, with a very
prominent nose, and long, smooth, curling hair: gilding on the eyelids
and nose. _Egyptian form._
Plate X., Fig. 8. (Cat. 884.) Head of a woman of thirty, of a
faultless Caucasian mould. The hair, which is in profusion, is of a
dark-brown tint, and delicately curled. _Pelasgic form._
Plate X., Fig. 9. (Cat. 875.) A small female head, of seventy? years,
with a fine frontal development, straight nose, and large oval orbits.
The long, curling hair is of a yellowish colour, but has probably been
gray, and dyed by _henna_.—I. C. 73 cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
Plate XI., Fig. 1. (Cat. 846.) Head of a youth of about eighteen
years, with a remarkably broad and lofty forehead, a small straight
nose, and delicately formed face. A little smooth, dark hair remains,
and the whole has been elaborately embalmed, with a profusion of
gilding on the face.—I. C. 87 cubic inches. This is one of the most
perfectly formed heads that have ever come under my notice, yet the
eyes are widely separated, the distance between the nose and mouth is
remarkable, and the chin is short and receding. _Egypto-Pelasgic
form._
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