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, ...

(CNN) — When the brick coffin of a young woman from medieval Italy was opened after its discovery in 2010, two peculiar things stood out to the researchers: There was a perfect hole in the frontal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

WARSAW, POLAND—According to a Live Science report, a metal tool that may have been used to scrape a hole in human skulls has been found at the Celtic fortified settlement site of Łysa Góra, which is ...

The history of medicine is disgusting. In neolithic times, people drilled holes into their skulls as part of an ancient process called trepanation. Some cultures believed that a hole in your cranium ...