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837. ) “Very ancient Egyptian Mummies, frOiil 
“ 838. \ the new Chamber or Corridor discovered 
in the Autumn of 1839, by the indefatigable pyra¬ 
mid-explorer, Mr. Perring, in the upper part of 
the interior of the PyiVmid of Five Steps, at Sac- 
cara. These are perhaps the most ancient ex¬ 
isting skulls;, and are at least four thousand to 
four thousand five hundred years old.” G. R. 
Gliddon, Esq. 
839. Egyptian. Theban'Catacombs. G. R. 
GUddon, Esq. 
' 840. “ Skull obtained from a Tumulus recently 
opened at the ancient quarries of Torra, (on the 
east bank of the Nile, seven miles above Cairo,) 
whence the stones of the Pyramids of Ghizeh were 
taken. The bodies were covered with coarse 
matting and enclosed in Sarcophagi, and are 
doubtless the remains of quarry-men. Jews? 
Chaldeans ? Egyptians ?” G. R. Gliddon, Esq. 
811. Egyptian mummy. Male. Theban Ca¬ 
tacombs. G. R. Gliddon^ Esq. 
842. Ancient Egyptian. Thebes. G. R. 
Gliddon, Esq. 
843. Ancient Egyptian. Theban Catacombs. 
G. R. Gliddon^ Esq. 
844. Ancient Egyptian. Female. Theban 
Catacombs. G. R. Gliddon, Esq. 
845. Ancient Egyptian. Theban Catacombs. 
G. R. Gliddon, Esq. 
846. Ancient Egyptian. Theban Catacombs. 
G. R. Gliddon^ Esq. 
* ^^47. ^ The Crania No. 847 to 861, inclusive, 
>^^48. ? (fifteen in number) are from the Cata- 
849. y combs of El Gurna, near Thebes. Tkey 
