New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE GR^CO-EGYPTIAN, 439. THE GRJECO-EGYPTIAN. Among the heads discovered in the tombs of Egypt aresome of undoubted Caucasian configuration. They belongedprobably to Greeks, or persons in whom the Greek blood pi-e-dominated. At any rate, they conform to the Caucasian type, and have many of thecharacteristics of the an-cient Hellenic is from of the Morto-nian collection, and repre-sents the cranium of a wo-man. The fac^ia
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE GR^CO-EGYPTIAN, 439. THE GRJECO-EGYPTIAN. Among the heads discovered in the tombs of Egypt aresome of undoubted Caucasian configuration. They belongedprobably to Greeks, or persons in whom the Greek blood pi-e-dominated. At any rate, they conform to the Caucasian type, and have many of thecharacteristics of the an-cient Hellenic is from of the Morto-nian collection, and repre-sents the cranium of a wo-man. The fac^ial ano-le is80-\ and the internal ca-pacity 82 inches. Prof Fig. 55 . Skull. Morton SayS : Of twcnty- three Grseco-Egyptian heads, the highest internal measurementis 97 cubic inches, the lowest 73, and the mean , whichis about 7 cubic inches above that of the pure Egyptian race,and but three inches less than the average I have assumed forthe Teutonic nations, * * * * Some of these presentthe most beautiful Caucasian proportions, while others mergeby degrees into the Egyptian type ; and I am free to admitthat in various instances I have been
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