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 II., Fig. 2. (Cat. 815.) A beautifully formed head, with a
forehead high, full, and nearly vertical, a good coronal region, and
largely developed occiput. The nasal bones are long and straight, and
the whole facial structure delicately proportioned. Age, between
thirty and thirty-five years.—I. C. 88 cubic inches. F. A. 81°.
_Pelasgic form._
Plate II., Fig. 3. (Cat. 812.) Skull of a woman of twenty years? with
a beautifully developed forehead, and remarkably thin and delicate
structure throughout. The frontal suture remains.—I. C. 82 cubic
inches. F. A. 80°. _Pelasgic form._
Plate II., 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. Age, about thirty years. I. C. 83 cubic inches. F. A. 77°.
_Egyptian form._
Plate II., Fig. 5. (Cat. 814.) Cranium of a man of eighty or ninety
years, with a full but rather receding forehead, and strongly
developed cranial structure.—I. C. 97 cubic inches. _Pelasgic form._
Plate II., Fig. 6. (Cat. 810.) An admirable conformation, as seen in
the broad, high forehead, full occiput, and gently aquiline nose.
Probably a female of twenty years.—I. C. 86 cubic inches. F. A. 78°.
_Egyptian form?_
Plate II., Fig. 7. (Cat. 805.) A narrow, elongated head, with an
indifferent frontal region. A man of fifty?—I. C. 79 cubic inches. F.
A. 83°. _Pelasgic form._
Plate II., Fig. 8. (Cat. 807.) A large, thin, oval cranium, with a
broad, receding forehead, tumid occiput, a long and very aquiline
nose, and remarkably prominent face. The frontal suture remains
entire. Probably a man of thirty years.—I. C. 88 cubic inches. F. A.
74°. _Semitic form._
Plate III., Fig. 2. (Cat. 809.) A female head, with a somewhat
receding forehead and low coronal region.—I. C. 81 cubic inches. F. A.
78°. _Egyptian form._
Plate III., Fig. 1. (Cat. 811.) A small head, with a narrow frontal
region, receding forehead, and broad parietal diameter. A female? of
about twenty-five years.—I. C. 73 cubic inches. F. A. 76°. _Egyptian
form._
(Cat. 813.) Skull of a child of eight years, with a finely developed
forehead, tumid occiput and full facial angle. _Pelasgic form._
C.—FROM THE FRONT OF THE NORTHERN BRICK PYRAMID OF DASHOUR.
Three skulls exhumed by Mr. Perring from the above mentioned locality
in the Memphite Necropolis. They were discovered in the month of
August, 1839, in the process of trenching to find an entrance to the
pyramid. The following extract from Col. Vyse’s admirable work
embraces all the information we possess in relation to these remains,
merely premising that none of the _mummied_ heads alluded to has come
into my possession.
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