Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery
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Archaeologists found the skeletons of two brothers buried under a house in the ancient city of Megiddo, accompanied by fine Cypriot pottery and prime cuts of meat, either from sheep or goats.(Courtesy Rachel Kalisher)Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Megiddo in modern-day Israel have discovered a window into medicine's ancient past: the 3,500-year-old bones of two brothers, both bearing signs of an infectious disease, and one scarred from cranial surgery that may have been an attempt to treat the illness.
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