Trepanation Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists know that people have practiced cranial trephination, a medical procedure that involves cutting a hole in the skull, for thousands of years.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A skull discovered in modern-day Alabama has the potential to re-write the ancient history of skull surgery in North America. Until now, it
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many ancient civilizations performed sophisticated cranial surgery. Ancient nomads of Siberia created a major skull surgery center about 2,300–2,500 years ago. “Archaeologists excavating
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When did people in Siberia perform sophisticated ancient cranial surgery? There is evidence advanced medical practices were conducted in Siberia a very long
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Ancient Technology
AncientPages.com - Thousands of years, trepanation—the act of scraping, cutting, or drilling an opening into the cranium—was practiced around the world, primarily to treat head trauma, but possibly to
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Ancient Technology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us would cringe
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