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 ...

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.

4,000-year-old skull reveals early attempts at brain cancer surgery. ... An international team of researchers recently explored the limits of ancient Egyptian traumatological and oncological ...

It’s often appropriate to say that a particular practice “isn’t brain surgery” — except when it is. That may be the case in incisions to an ancient Egyptian skull that shows signs of an operation, ...

The skull has a large dent that is partially healed, indicating an attempt at brain surgery that was halted. The skulls and other material suggest possible sacrificial intent.

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.