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In what follows, a difference between two similar quantities will be considered 
significant if it exceeds thrice the probable error of the difference. (The odds 
against the chance occurrence of such an event are 22 to 1.) 
(14) The following inferences may be of interest : 
1. It has been stated* that an urban population is, in general, more 
brachycephalic than the adjoining rural population. This general law holds for 
Egypt also, at least as far as the large towns dealt with here go. The cephalic 
indices for Alexandria and Beheira are 70 - 29 + 0 08 and 75'20 ± 0 - 09 ; a difference 
of 1'09 + 0'12. For Cairo and Qaliubia the difference is 0-51 + 013 and for Cairo 
Length of Head. 
Mudirias 
11 
M±E M 
V±Ey 
mm. 
mm. 
Alexandria ... 
643 
189 -74 + 0-16 
5-99 + 0-11 
3-16 + 0-06 
Cairo 
802 
190-46 + 0-14 
5-96 + 0-10 
3-13 + 0-05 
Canal 
127 
190-61+0-34 
5-74 + 0-24 
3-01±0-13 
Beheira 
526 
191-18 + 0-17 
5-89 + 0-12 
3-08 + 0-06 
Gharbia 
1104 
190-97±0-12 
6-01+0-09 
3-15 + 0-05 
Menufia 
717 
191-06 + 0-15 
6-04 + 0-11 
3-16 + 0-06 
Daqahlia 
504 
190-35 + 0-20 
6-65 + 0-14 
3-49 + 0-07 
Sharqia 
515 
190-79 + 0-18 
6-16 + 0-13 
3-23 + 0-07 
Qaliubia 
295 
190-82 ±0-23 
5-90 + 0-16 
3-09 + 0-09 
Giza a 
326 
191-66±0-22 
5-75 + 0-15 
3-00 + 0-08 
Fayum 
413 
191-20 + 0-20 
5-92±0-14 
3 -09 ±0-07 
Beni Suef 
384 
191-70 + 0-19 
5-65 +0-14 
2-95 + 0-07 
Minia 
491 
191"73±0-17 
5-71+0-12 
2-98 + 0-06 
Assiut 
887 
190-91 + 0-13 
5-84 + 0-09 
3-06 + 0-05 
Girga b 
610 
191-51+0-16 
6-03 + 0-12 
3-15 + 0-06 
Qena 
824 
191'19±0-14 
6-01+0-10 
3-15±0-05 
(1) Aswan North 
115 
191 -78 ±0-40 
6-32 + 0-28 
3-30 + 0-15 
(2) Aswan Town ... 
52 
188-90 + 0-48 
5-09 + 0-34 
2-69 + 0-19 
(3) Aswan South 0 - a> e 
95 
189-66+0-40 
5-71+0-28 
3-01+0-15 
Aswan : (1 + 2 + 3) 
262 
190-44 + 0-25 
6-00±0-18 
3-15±0-09 
Skull Measurements. 
a Necropolis, close to Great ' 
Pyramid, 8 miles from 
|j 128 
184-02 ±0-32 
5-41 ±0-23 
2-94 + 0-12 
Cairo, about 3500 B.C. 
b Predynastic, fromNagaed- ' 
Deir, 100 miles north of 
\ 
50 
183-26 + 0-50 
5 -20 ±0-35 
2-84 + 0-19 
Thebes, about 5000 B.C. 
0 From Pits at Shellal, east ' 
bank of river, 1st cataract, 
\ 
111 
184-69±0-92 
6-52 + 0-65 
3 -53 ±0-35 
about 1500 B.C. 
cl Nubians, both sides river, N 
as far as 60 miles south of 
1 
41 
182-32±0-56 
5 -30 ±0-40 
2-91 ±0-22 
Aswan, about 2000 B.C. 
[ 
e Island of Biga, south of 1st ~ 
cataract, Christian ceme- 
1 
81 
182-90±0-46 
6-08+0-32 
3-32±0-18 
tery, 4th-7th century a.d. , 
* Pearson, Chances of Death, Vol. i, p. 288. 
