A male skull, dated from 2,687 to 2,345 B.C., had a large lesion surrounded by 30 or so small metastasized lesions around it. Tondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024 May 29, 2024, 11:40 AM EDT ...

Skull E270, dating from between 663 and 343 BCE, belonged to a female individual who was older than 50 years. Tondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024 Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The 4,000-year-old skull and mandible of an Egyptian man show signs of cancerous lesions and tool marks, according to a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine.

Researchers found cut marks related to cancer surgery on this ancient Egyptian skull dating back more than 4,000 years ago. Tondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024 A new study published in the journal ...

Skull and mandible 236, dating from between 2687 and 2345 BCE, belonged to a male individual aged 30 to 35. Skull E270, dating from between 663 and 343 BCE, belonged to a female individual who was ...

A 4,600-year-old Egyptian skull had cut marks surrounding several lesions that appeared to be metastasized brain cancer, suggestive of a surgical attempt at treatment or postmortem exploration.

The ancient Egyptians may have used surgery to attempt to treat cancer, a pair of 4,000 year old skulls suggest. We know from ancient texts and physical evidence that the ancient Egyptians were ...

An Ancient Egyptian skull may have evidence of brain surgery (Picture: Tondini, Isidro, Camarós/SWNS 2024) An ‘extraordinary’ 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull shows signs of attempts to treat ...

A pair of ancient Egyptian skulls, both thousands of years old, ... Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest attempt at cancer surgery. Patrick Smith. Updated Wed, May 29, 2024 at 11:25 PM UTC.

Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest known attempt at treating cancer. Cut marks on a 4000-year-old skull suggest ancient Egyptian doctors tried to treat a man with nasopharyngeal cancer.