DISCOVERY OF PALEOLITHIC FLINT IMPLEMENTS IN UPPER EGYPT. 



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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



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PLATE I. 



Axe, type of St. Acheul. Luxor. Desert on the 



left bank of the Nile. 

 Same (broken). Same locality. 

 Same. Showing at the top the natural surface of the 



pebble from which it was made. Vicinity of the 



" Red Mountain," near Cairo. 

 Disk. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Same. Showing the natural surface of the pebble 



from which it was made. Same locality. 



PLATE II. 



Axe, type of St. Acheul. Luxor. Desert on the 



left bank of the Nile. 

 Same. Same locality. 

 Same. Luxor. From the plateau overlooking the 



"Tombs of the Kings." 

 Same. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Same. Same locality. 

 Same. Showing at the top the natural surface of 



the pebble from which it was made. Same local- 



ity. 



PLATE III. 



Rectangular Chopper, novel type. Luxor. Desert 

 on the left bank of the Nile. 



Triangular axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 



Axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 



Hatchet, very rude, merely chipped pebble. Vicin- 

 ity of the "Red Mountain," near Cairo. 



Same. Same locality. 



Axe, type of St. Acheul. Luxor. Left bank. 



Oval axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 



PLATE IV. 



Knife, resembling specimens in the museums of 

 Turin, Leyden, and the Historical Society of 

 New York. Supposed to have been used in 

 embalming. Luxor. Desert on the left bank 

 of the Nile. 



Lance-head, type of Le Moustier. Luxor. Tomb3 

 of the Kings. 



Knife. Luxor. Left bank. 



Same. Same locality. 



Axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 



Knife. Same locality. 



Chopper, type of Le Moustier. Luxor. Vicinity 

 of the Temple of Medinet Aboo. 



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PLATE V. 



Rectangular hatchet, novel type. Luxor. Desert 



on tin- l.-i't bank of the Nile. 

 Hat. lut, with cutting edge produced by a series of 



lateral blows, novel type. Same locality. 

 Axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 

 Oval axe, type of St. Acheul. Same locality. 

 Same. Same locality. 



Novel object, use., unknown. Same locality. 

 Lance-head (beautifully worked). Same locality. 

 Lance-head, different shape. Same locality. 

 Shoe-shaped scraper. Same locality. 

 Small hatchet, edge produced in same manner as 



in Fig. 2. Luxor. Vicinity of the Rameseum. 

 Hatchet or knife. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Same. Same locality. 



PLATE VI. 



Chopper, type of Le Moustier. Luxor. Desert on 



the left bank of the Nile. 

 Scraper. Same locality. 

 Same. Same locality. 



Lance-head, type of Le Moustier. Same locality. 

 Hatchet (the broken edge-portion). Vicinity of the 



" Red Mountain," near Cairo. 

 Scraper ( '). Novel type. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Hatchet. Same locality. 

 Chopper, type of Le Moustier. Same locality. 

 Triangular hatchet. Same locality. 

 Nucleus. Same locality. 

 Same. Vicinity of the "Red Mountain," near 



Cairo. 



PLATE VII. 



Arrow-head. Luxor. Desert on the right bank of 



the Nile. 

 Same (broken). Same locality. 

 Same. Same locality. 

 Same. Same locality. 

 Flake, with hollow probably produced by rounding 



arrow-shafts. Same locality. 

 Scraper. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Same. Vicinity of the "Red Mountain," near 



Cairo. 

 Same. Luxor. Left bank. 

 Hatchet. Same locality. 

 Same. Helonan. 

 Nucleus. Same locality. 

 Same. Same locality. 

 Same. Luxor. Left bank. 



