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5565. The skull of an ancient female Egyptian, taken from a Mummy. 



It resembles in its general form and characters the preceding skull, but has been from a 

 younger individual, the last molars having recently come into place, and the others being less 

 worn. The frontal suture is obliterated. The occipital condyles are somewhat larger and 

 more prominent. An accessory tubercle is developed from the inner side of the right upper 

 last molar. The skull of the female Hindoo (No. 5545) most closely resembles Nos. 5564 

 and 5565 ; the chief diiference being the minor depth of the bony palate. Much of the bitu- 

 minous matter employed in the mummifying process remains in the present skull. 



Mm. Fes. Pettigrew. 



5566. The skull of an ancient male Egyptian, taken from a Mummy. 



In the prognathic character this skull resembles the preceding, but it is larger and relatively 

 broader at the parietal region, with stronger jaws and zygomatic arches. 



Presented by Dr. Henderson. 



5567. The cranium of an Egyptian, taken from the quarries at Memphis. 



In its general size, in the shape of the cranium and the prominence of the upper jaw, it 

 resembles that of the mummy (No. 5566). 



Presented by John Bowring, Esq. 



Phenician (?) Race. 



5568. The skull of a Guanche, or aboriginal of the Island of Gran Canaria. 



The cranium presents the moderate ovate contour, the forehead low but square, with the 

 frontal protuberances well marked : the parietals are flattened above the temporal ridges : the 

 upper half of the occiput is convex and prominent. The glabella is moderately prominent : 

 the nasals are broad, prominent, slightly indented at their origin: the malars convex, but not 

 inclined outwards : the maxilla slightly produced : the chin well marked. The size of the 

 skull, state of the sutures, and abrasion of the premolars and first molars indicate the indivi- 

 dual to have arrived at full maturity, if not middle life, but the third molars of the upper jaw 

 seem not to have been developed ; those of the lower jaw project above the level of the ad- 

 joining grinders from the want of opposition. The molars and the palate are small. "Wormian 

 ossicles are developed in both squamous sutures, as well as in the ordinary position in the 

 lambdoidal suture. The occipital and mandibular condyles have been broken away. 



Presented by Sir George Grey, C.B. 

 Lencanian (white and light olive) variety. 



European Races. 



5569. The skeleton of a male European. 



The metapophyses become distinct on the eleventh dorsal, are unusually long on the twelfth, 

 and subside to tubercles on the anterior zygapophyses of the following lumbar vertebrae. The 

 sacrum is here remarkable for the widely open neural canal of all the vertebrae. 



Hunterian. 



