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 death.
The skeletal remains of two Bronze Age brothers buried more than 3,400 years ago in what's now northern Israel reveal that the siblings lived with severe health problems but had access to treatments, including trepanation, a new study suggests.
An examination of the skeletons showed that both men suffered from debilitating diseases that destroyed some of their bones and distorted others. It's possible that the men were genetically predisposed to such diseases, which may have included a form of leprosy, study first author Rachel Kalisher , a doctoral student in archaeology at Brown University, told Live Science.
"The totality of evidence is that you have an individual who had suffered illness for a long period of time, and that perhaps it was a decline," Kalisher said."So perhaps this was some sort of intervention, or a life-saving procedure."
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