. Types of mankind : or ethnological researches, based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures, and crania of races and upon their natural, geographical, philological, and biblical history . Ancient Asiatic. Modern Kurd. of the Taurus chain; because he bears a strong resemblance tomodern Kurdish families; seen by comparing this profile with thehead of a Kurd (Fig. 79), from the work of Hamilton Smith. Toour minds, here is a strong example of permanence of type through3000 years; whilst the name Kurdah, Kurds, is read in ancientcuneiform, by De Saulcy, upon Assyrian inscriptions. Asia
. Types of mankind : or ethnological researches, based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures, and crania of races and upon their natural, geographical, philological, and biblical history . Ancient Asiatic. Modern Kurd. of the Taurus chain; because he bears a strong resemblance tomodern Kurdish families; seen by comparing this profile with thehead of a Kurd (Fig. 79), from the work of Hamilton Smith. Toour minds, here is a strong example of permanence of type through3000 years; whilst the name Kurdah, Kurds, is read in ancientcuneiform, by De Saulcy, upon Assyrian inscriptions. Asiatic conquests of Ramses II. yield us Fig. 80; within the four-teenth century b. c, preserved at Mr. Birchs detailedaccount of this important historical document is accompanied bycolored drawings, in which the victories of that monarch over variousAsiatic and African races are represented with amazing truthfulnessand spirit. The head itself possesses a Semitic caste, blended,perhaps, with Arian elements. Fig. 80. Fig. 81.
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