A pair of ancient Egyptian skulls, both thousands of years old, belonged to some of history's earliest known cancer patients, according to a study published Wednesday. The skulls had cut marks ...

Health Diseases Cancer 4,000 year-old Egyptian skulls show attempts at brain surgery to treat cancer 'Cancer was still a medical knowledge frontier.' Laura Baisas May 29, 2024 12:00 AM EDT ...

Ancient Egyptians were exceptionally skilled in medicine for their time. They could identify, describe, and treat a variety of diseases and traumatic injuries, build prosthetics, and even put in ...

Ancient Egyptian skull shows evidence of cancer, surgical treatment “An extraordinary new perspective in our understanding of the history of medicine.” ...

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.

A man who lived in what is now China 2700 years ago had a hole cut in his skull to treat a head injury and survived. This suggests that shamanic doctors in that era could do advanced brain surgery.

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 ...

Tiny etchings on a 4000-year-old skull suggest that the ancient Egyptians may have been the first people to try to treat cancer. “Ancient Egyptian medicine was very advanced,” says Edgard ...