Scientists analyzed the skull of a medieval woman who once lived in central Italy and found evidence that she experienced at least two brain surgeries consistent with the practice of trepanation, ...

The skeletal remains of two Bronze Age brothers buried more than 3,400 years ago in what's now northern Israel reveal that the siblings lived with severe health problems but had access to treatments, ...

The man's skull revealed a large hole in his skull, indicating he may have undergone trepanation to treat migraines or ...

Details of the trepanation of the individual’s head, and a graphic showing the surgery site. Graphic: Kalisher et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 For 3,500 years, a curious medical case has been buried ...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported that scientists had analyzed the skull of a medieval woman who once lived in central Italy and found evidence that she experienced at least two brain surgeries ...

In the 1860s, a U.S. newspaper editor, author, and amateur archaeologist named E.G. Squier traveled to Cuzco, Peru. He visited the home of a wealthy woman who collected antiquities to view an ancient ...

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a rare iron tool that the Celts used to perform cranial surgery 2,300 years ago. The hand-held artifact was found at Łysa Góra, a Celtic site in the Mazovia ...

The skull of a medieval Lombard woman found in central Italy shows signs of having undergone two trepanations — surgeries to make holes in the head. But why she underwent the painful procedures is ...

A hole in the forehead of an old skull from northwest Alabama may not seem significant, but this is no ordinary hole. This hole was deliberately made on a living individual, either by scraping or ...

Through modern science, the grim discovery of a Medieval woman's remains is able to tell the tale of a "coffin birth" and ancient brain surgery. Despite the macabre nature of the grim discovery of a ...

An ancient trepanation tool of Celtic origin was discovered at the archaeological site Łysa Góra site in Mazovia, Poland. Dr. Bartłomiej Kaczyński Nauka w Polsce Archaeologists have discovered a rare ...

A hole in a Late Bronze Age human skull found in northern Israel may be early evidence of trepanation; but other experts argue that the hole could have been made for ritual purposes after the man's ...