The finding reveals the earliest example of trephination in the ancient Near East, scientists said. The two brothers discovered were likely elite or even royal members of their society. While ...

A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East — and potentially one of the oldest examples of leprosy in the ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Megiddo in modern-day Israel have discovered a window into medicine’s ancient past: the 3,500-year-old bones of two brothers, both bearing signs of an ...

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Archaeologists found new evidence of trephination, a medical procedure that entails cutting a hole in the skull, as early as the late Bronze Age in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel. Rachel Kalisher ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a man from the Bronze Age who had a rare brain surgery. The finding reveals the earliest example of trephination in the ancient Near East, scientists said. The ...