Ectocranial view of palaeopathological specimen: a) red arrow points to orifice on the mastoid process,and b) surgical preparation dimensions peripheral to trephination. Credit: Anagnostis P. Agelarakis/Adelphi University

Early, Complex Brain Surgery Performed In Ancient Greece

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ten skeletal remains—four women and six men likely of high social standing—were discovered in the Paliokastro site on Thasos island in Greece. Their bones illuminated their physical activities, traumas, and even a complex form of brain