CUTTING EDGE: Bronze Age Brain Surgery On Royal Brothers Discovered

Photo shows two upper-class brothers  who were buried beneath a home in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel, undated. One of the brothers found out to have undergone a brain surgery not long before he died. Note: Licensed photo (Rachel Kalisher/Newsflash) Photo shows two upper-class brothers who were buried beneath a home in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel, undated. One of the brothers found out to have undergone a brain surgery not long before he died. Note: Licensed photo (Rachel Kalisher/Newsflash)
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23 February 2023
Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. The skulls of two brothers - who may have been princes - have been found side by side in a tomb with evidence that ancient medics...