Crania Aegyptiaca

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Author

Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851

Title

Crania Ægyptiaca Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the Monuments

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Ethnology -- Egypt

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59789

Release Date

June 21, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CRANIA ÆGYPTIACA
2. 2.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. — EGYPTIAN ETHNOGRAPHY. — CAUCASIAN RACE. — NEGRO RACE.
3. 3.FIRST SERIES. TWENTY-SIX SKULLS FROM THE NECROPOLIS OF MEMPHIS. — A.—FROM THE PYRAMID OF FIVE STEPS. — B.—FROM THE MEMPHITE NECROPOLIS. — C.—FROM THE FRONT OF THE NORTHERN BRICK PYRAMID OF DASHOUR. — D.—FROM THE NECROPOLIS OF MEMPHIS, NORTH-WEST OF THE PYRAMID OF FIVE STEPS. — E.—FROM TOORA, ON THE NILE.
4. 4.SECOND SERIES. FOUR HEADS FROM THE GROTTOES OF MAABDEH, NEAR MAGARAT-ES-SAMÒUN.
5. 5.THIRD SERIES. FOUR SKULLS FROM ABYDOS.
6. 6.FOURTH SERIES. FIFTY-FIVE HEADS FROM THE CATACOMBS OF THEBES. — TWO HEADS OF LUNATICS, FROM THEBES. — NEGROID HEADS.
7. 7.FIFTH SERIES. THREE HEADS FROM KOUM OMBOS.
8. 8.SIXTH SERIES. FOUR HEADS FROM A TUMULUS NEAR THE ISLAND OF PHILÆ.
9. 9.SEVENTH SERIES. FOUR SKULLS FROM DEBOD, IN NUBIA.
10. 10.1. THE EGYPTIANS.
11. 11.2. THE PELASGIC RACE. [63]
12. 12.3. THE SEMITIC RACE. [73]
13. 13.4. THE HINDOOS.
14. 14.5. THE HYKSHOS.
15. 15.6. THE COPTS.
16. 16.7. THE NUBIANS.
17. 17.8. THE NEGROES.
18. 18.9. THE MONGOLIANS.
19. 19.REMARKS.
20. 20.CONCLUSIONS.
21. 21.ERRATA.
22. 22.FOOTNOTES

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