DOI article:
Derry, Douglas Erith: Anatomical report (B)
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[Since this was written, it has been pointed out that the archaBological
evidence relating to this cemetery may admit of the possibility that
these burials are earlier than the time of the Middle Empire, i.e., they
may belong to the Archaic Nubian (B-group), in which unassimilated
Egyptian types are common].
Cemetery 76.
This cemetery, situated in a khor behind the village of Gerf Husein,
contained 150 numbered graves. Nos. 1-60 belong to the New
Empire. From 61 upwards, the graves are divided between the late
predynastic or early dynastic period, and the Middle Nubian group.
New Empire Graves.
The bodies in this section of the cemetery were probably Egyptians,
the most striking fact concerning which is the reappearance of a par-
ticular human strain such as was found last season in the New Empire
pits near Sbellal (Cemetery No. 7). Five out of eight male skulls
examined were of this type and the rest were evidently also Egyptian.
Amongst the women, the characters were not so definite, but they
were sufficiently pronounced to differentiate them from the Nubians
hitherto examined. Epipteric bones were very frequent, particularly
in the women, where four out of five skulls showed this condition.
Middle Nubian (C-group) Graves.
As in previous cemeteries, so here, the C-group skeletons afford very
definite evidence of the existence, even at this early date (Xllth dynasty)
of a people exhibiting relatively uniform racial characters. This fact
has invariably obtruded itself after dealing with New Empire or more
recent burials, in which cases there is usually evidence of Egyptians
having settled in the country. In the Middle Nubians it is rare to find
skeletons which are undoubtedly Egyptian. In the cemetery at
present being considered, two bodies only out of the whole group were
marked as doubtful and of these, one, a man, may be of later date.
Though found in a grave of the Middle Nubian type, there was no
pottery, and the bones themselves were in a much fresher condition
[Since this was written, it has been pointed out that the archaBological
evidence relating to this cemetery may admit of the possibility that
these burials are earlier than the time of the Middle Empire, i.e., they
may belong to the Archaic Nubian (B-group), in which unassimilated
Egyptian types are common].
Cemetery 76.
This cemetery, situated in a khor behind the village of Gerf Husein,
contained 150 numbered graves. Nos. 1-60 belong to the New
Empire. From 61 upwards, the graves are divided between the late
predynastic or early dynastic period, and the Middle Nubian group.
New Empire Graves.
The bodies in this section of the cemetery were probably Egyptians,
the most striking fact concerning which is the reappearance of a par-
ticular human strain such as was found last season in the New Empire
pits near Sbellal (Cemetery No. 7). Five out of eight male skulls
examined were of this type and the rest were evidently also Egyptian.
Amongst the women, the characters were not so definite, but they
were sufficiently pronounced to differentiate them from the Nubians
hitherto examined. Epipteric bones were very frequent, particularly
in the women, where four out of five skulls showed this condition.
Middle Nubian (C-group) Graves.
As in previous cemeteries, so here, the C-group skeletons afford very
definite evidence of the existence, even at this early date (Xllth dynasty)
of a people exhibiting relatively uniform racial characters. This fact
has invariably obtruded itself after dealing with New Empire or more
recent burials, in which cases there is usually evidence of Egyptians
having settled in the country. In the Middle Nubians it is rare to find
skeletons which are undoubtedly Egyptian. In the cemetery at
present being considered, two bodies only out of the whole group were
marked as doubtful and of these, one, a man, may be of later date.
Though found in a grave of the Middle Nubian type, there was no
pottery, and the bones themselves were in a much fresher condition