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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

Name: Crania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the Monuments
Author: Morton, Samuel George

Morton, Samuel George

Craniology -- Egypt; Ethnology -- Egypt

│      │     │    2.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│799  │ III.,│7.2  │5.7  │4.2  │5.   │14.9 │3.7  │14.8 │20.4 │
 │      │     │    4.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│814  │  II.,│7.3  │5.8  │4.6  │5.2  │15.4 │4.3  │15.5 │20.8 │
 │      │     │    5.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│805  │  II.,│7.4  │5.   │3.9  │5.3  │14.4 │3.9  │15.  │19.8 │
 │      │     │    7.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│838  │I., 1.│7.5  │5.5  │4.4  │5.5  │14.7 │4.   │15.  │20.7 │
 │Memphis,│837  │I., 2.│7.8  │5.7  │4.6  │5.7  │15.  │4.1  │15.6 │21.2 │
 │Memphis,│798  │ III.,│6.9  │5.5  │4.4  │5.1  │14.2 │4.1  │14.5 │19.5 │
 │      │     │    6.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│825  │ III.,│7.5  │5.7  │4.3  │5.3  │15.  │4.2  │15.  │20.7 │
 │      │     │    9.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Memphis,│840  │  II.,│7.3  │5.4  │4.6  │5.2  │14.8 │4.1  │15.  │20.6 │
 │      │     │    9.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │Philæ,│821  │ XII.,│6.9  │5.2  │4.4  │4.9  │14.  │4.   │14.  │19.5 │
 │      │     │    6.│     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 ├──────┴─────┴──────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┤
 │  Highest in the   │7.8  │5.8  │4.8  │5.7  │15.6 │4.3  │15.6 │21.2 │
 │series,            │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 │  Mean,            │7.25 │5.44 │4.38 │5.25 │14.6 │4.05 │14.85│20.33│
 │  Lowest in the    │6.8  │5.1  │3.9  │4.8  │13.6 │3.7  │14.  │19.  │
 │series,            │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │     │
 └───────────────────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┘


  The _frontal diameter_ is taken between the anterior inferior angles
  of the parietal bones.

  The _vertical diameter_ is measured from the fossa between the
  condyles of the occipital bone, to the top of the skull.

  The _inter-mastoid arch_ is measured, with a graduated tape, from the
  point of one mastoid process to the other, over the external table of
  the skull.

  The _inter-mastoid line_ is the distance, in a straight line, between
  the points of the mastoid processes.

  The _occipito-frontal arch_ is measured by a tape over the surface of
  the cranium, from the posterior margin of the foramen magnum to the
  suture which connects the os frontis with the bones of the nose.

  The _horizontal periphery_ is measured by passing a tape around the
  cranium so as to touch the os frontis immediately above the
  superciliary ridges, and the most prominent part of the occipital
  bone.




                       _Table II. Egyptian Group._

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