110 OBSERVATIONS ON EGYPTIAN ETHNOGRAPHY, 
FIFTH SERIES. 
THREE HEADS FROM KOUM OMBOS. 
The remains of this once celebrated city are seen on a sandy hill on the eastern bank 
of the Nile, to the south of Thebes. The Ombites were celebrated for the worship 
of the crocodile, which they embalmed with care and deposited in the catacombs. The 
three following heads were obtained by Mr. Gliddon from the Ombite necropolis. 
Plate XII., Fig. 3.. (Cat. 830.) A female head of 30 years, with a low, narrow fore- 
head, straight nose, and sharp, prominent features. The hair, which is in profusion, is 
long, fine and curling.—I. C. 77 cubic inches. Egyptian form. 
Plate XIL, Fig. 4. (Cat. 831.) Head of a woman of 30 years?, with a narrow, but 
high and convex forehead, strong aquiline nose, and sharp facial structure. The hair is 
abundant, long, fine and curling.—I. C. 68 cubic inches. Lgyptian form. 
Plate XII, Fig. 5. (Cat. 832.) An oval, thin skull, with a good frontal development, 
salient nose and delicate facial bones. —F. A. 81°. Egyptian form. 
It is remarkable that two of the preceding skulls (the third being too much broken for 
measurement) give an average internal capacity of less than 73 cubic inches, 
SIXTH SERIES. 
FOUR HEADS FROM A TUMULUS NEAR THE ISLAND OF PHILA. 
Phile was the ancient boundary between Egypt and Nubia, and this little island con- 
tained several of the most venerated shrines of the Egyptian deities. The island of Beg- 
geh (the ancient Senem) was also a consecrated spot, and is immediately contiguous to 
Phile. It contains a funereal tumulus, which is supposed to have been the common 
sepulchre of those pilgrims who died during their sojourn, and hence, as Mr. Gliddon 
remarks in his memoranda, “they may have been of any nation or of any epoch.” 
Plate XII, Fig. 6. (Cat. 821.) A finely moulded head, with a good frontal develop- 
ment, aquiline nose, and delicate facial bones.—I. C. 74 cubic inches. F. A. 79°. Pe- 
lasgic form. 
(Cat. 822.) A juvenile head, of perhaps 12 years, thin and inequilateral, with a good 
forehead, and broad, inter-parietal diameter. ‘The face is broken, and the ethmoid bone 
imperforate. Egyptian form. ; 
(Cat, 824.) A very narrow, infantile head, with brown, soft, curling hair. The face 
is deficient, and the head is rather desiccated than embalmed. Kgyptian form? 
Plate XII, Fig. 7, (Cat, 823.) An unmixed Negro, with a narrow, elongated head, 
well-developed forehead, short and flat nasal bones, everted upper jaw, and short, gray, 
woolly hair. This appears to be the cranium of a woman of at least 60 years of age. 
The bones are thin, and the whole structure remarkably small._—I. C. 73 cubic inches. 
