268 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1912. 
Totals for Averages. 
Bee! wel Hat, | H.B. | HH. | BI. | HI. | NLL. | NW. N.I. | Age 
—— SE 
Ee) 10 1864 | 1502 | 1352 | 806-5) 725-9) 518-5 353-5) 686-0) 185 
II. | 10(9) | 1808 | 1371 1366-5} 761-5) 756-8) 529 | 345 | 656-8) 183 
Te) || 20 1845 | 1478 | 1351 | 802-0) 733-9) 536 | 353 | 659-9) 189 
Iv. | 10 1853 | 1522 | 1372-5) 821-7) 740-6) 521-5) 340 | 658-3) 189 
Ver] 10 1850-5] 1517 | 1365 | 821-1) 741-3) 538 | 343 | 638-6) 190 
Wi | 10 1830 | 1489 | 1359-5) 814-9) 743-9] °517 | 341-5) 662-5) 183 
AiO ee) 1667-5} 1355 | 1215-5} 731-5) 656-3} 502 312-5) 561-7| 179(9) 
VIII. | 10 1815-5) 1528 | 1411-5) 842-7) 777-8) 532 343-5) 646-9} 199 
S|: LO 1802 | 1527 | 1362 | 847-8) 756-8} 510-5) 349 | 686-1) 190 
xX. | 10 1836 | 1521-5) 1387-5) 829-6) 756-3) 533-5) 344 | 652-7) 201 
99(98) | 18171-5) 14810-5| 13543-0| 8079-3) 7389-6] 5238-0) 3425-0, 6509-5) 1888 
} 
183-6 | 151-1 | 136-8 | 82-5 | 74-7 | 52-9 | 34-6 | 65-7 | 19-1 
Mean of . | (99) | (98) | (99) | (98) | (99) | (99) | (99) | (99) | (99) 
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Physical Characters of the Ancient Egyptians.—Interim Report of 
the Committee, consisting of Professor G. ELLIot SMITH 
(Chairman), Dr. F. C. SHRuBSALL (Secretary), Professor A. 
KritH, and Dr. C. G. Seniamann. (Drawn up by the 
Chairman.) 
THis Committee was appointed primarily with the object of acquiring, 
studying, and, if feasible, transporting to England a valuable and 
unique series of skeletons of Ancient Egyptians, buried in mastabas of 
the Second and Third Dynasties at Sakkara, which Sir Gaston Maspero, 
Director-General of the Egyptian Government Antiquities Department, 
had placed at the disposal of the Chairman of this Committee. The 
material was brought to light in the course of the excavations carried 
on for the Antiquities Department by its Senior Inspector, Mr. J. E. 
Quibell, who did everything in his power to facilitate and help in the 
Committee’s investigations. The cemetery in which the material was 
obtained is situated a short distance to the north of the Pyramids of 
Sakkara, and included the tomb of Hesy, from which the famous 
wooden panels, carved in relief (now in the Cairo Museum), were 
obtained by Mariette Pasha many years ago. The tombs themselves 
are of very great interest, and will be described in detail in Mr. 
Quibell’s official reports, as well as in his demonstration at the Dundee 
meeting. They are the earliest known examples of elaborate subter- 
ranean rock-cut tombs, and range in date from the latter part of the 
Second Dynasty until well into the period of the Third Dynasty. 
The crucial importance of the human remains buried in these tombs 
depends upon the fact that the earliest bodies hitherto found in Lower 
Egypt (exclusive of those brought to light at Turah in the winter of 
