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The two following crania were found by Mr. Perring, Civil Engineer, 

 in the gallery leading to the newly discovered chamber in the 

 Pyramid of Five Steps, at Saccara. These are, perhaps, the most 

 ancient human remains extant. Mr. Perring is of opinion that they 

 date with the erection of the Pyramid, and are therefore in all pro- 

 bability upwards of 4000 years old. See Vyse, Pyramids of 

 Gizeh, vol iii. p. 44. 



14. 837. Pelasgic form : man, setat. 50. F. A. 83^. I. C. 97. 

 Crania jEgyptiaca, plate ], fig. 2. 



15. 838. Pelasgic form : man, jetat. 40. F. A. 81. I. C 90. 

 Crania -3ilgyptiaca, plate 1, fig. 1. 



16. 840. Pelasgic form : man. F. A. 79. I. C 89. Skull ob- 

 tained from a tumulus recently opened at the ancient quarries of 

 Toora, (on the left bank of the Nile, seven miles above Cairo,) 

 whence was taken the stone used in building the Pyramids of 

 Gizeh, and other and much later structures in Egypt. The bodies 

 were covered with coarse matting, and enclosed in sarcophagi, and 

 are doubtless the remains of quarrymen. Crania ^gyptiaca, plate 

 2, fig. 9. 



17. 850. Pelasgic form : man, aetat. 70. I. C 86. Crania iEgypti- 

 aca,plate 6, fig. 4. 



18. 859. Pelasgic form : woman, setat. 80. Hair long and fine. I. 

 C. 82. Crania ^gyptiaca, plate 6, fig. 5. 



19. 868. Pelasgic form : child. 



20. 873. Pelasgic ? form : man of 80. I. C. 88. 



21. 875i Pelasgic form : woman, setat. 70, with long, fine hair. I. 

 C. 73. Crania jEgyptiaca, plate 10, fig. 9. 



22. 884. Pelasgic form : woman, aetat. 30, with a profusion of long, 

 silky hair. Crania ^gyptiaca, plate 10, fig. 8. 



Pelasgic (884). 

 23. 893. Pelasgic form : man of 60. Thebes. F. A. 81. I. C. 

 85. Crania ^gyptiaca, plate 6, fig. 3. 

 Nos. 798 to 893 from G. Ft. Gliddon, Esq. 



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