. 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 . COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF RACES, 427. Ancient Assyrian. Fig. 264. This skull is very interesting in several Fig. 263. points of view. Its immense size confirmshistory by showiug that none but a highCaucasian race could have achieved so muchgreatness. The measurements taken fromthe drawing are — Longitudinal diameter, 7| 5| Vertical 5£ It is probable that the parietal diameter islar
. 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 . COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF RACES, 427. Ancient Assyrian. Fig. 264. This skull is very interesting in several Fig. 263. points of view. Its immense size confirmshistory by showiug that none but a highCaucasian race could have achieved so muchgreatness. The measurements taken fromthe drawing are — Longitudinal diameter, 7| 5| Vertical 5£ It is probable that the parietal diameter islarger than the measurement here given; be-cause, possessor of only front and profile views,I think these may not express fairly the poste-rior parts of the head. There are but two headsin Mortons whole Egyptian series of equalsize, and these are Pelasgic; nor morethan two equally large throughout his Ame-rican series. Daniel Websters head measured— longitudinal diameter, 7|- inches; trans-verse, 5|; vertical, b\: and comparison willshow that the Assyrian head is but a frac-tion the smaller of the two. This Assyrian head, moreover, is remark-able for its close resemblance to several ofMortons Egyptian series, classed under th
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