Beneath a field near Cambridge, students uncovered a ninth century mass grave with ten young men, scattered bones, and a ...

A fascinating discovery reveals how ancient Scythian people used primitive prosthetics to perform jaw surgery, highlighting ...

Archaeologists discover what may be the world's oldest surgery in a Viking-age skull, revealing ancient trepanation performed on a towering 6'5" man.

The skull of a Viking-era man who had part of his skull cut out in the world’s oldest surgical procedure has been unearthed. The remains of a man between 17 and 24 revealed a large oval hole in his ...

The individual was somewhere between 17 and 24 years old, with evidence indicating he may have had a hormone-related growth condition ...

The skull of a Viking-era man with a three-centimetre hole cut into it has been unearthed near Cambridge, UK, believed to be evidence of the world’s oldest surgical procedure. Archaeologists say the ...

The skeleton of a young 6ft 5in-tall (1.9m) Viking-era man who had undergone trepanation has been found in a mass grave. A hole had been bored in his skull while he was alive. It had signs of healing ...

The large oval hole was 3cm (1.18in) in size and initial radiocarbon work suggests the man was alive between AD772 to 891, said experts The skeleton of a young 6ft 5in-tall (1.9m) Viking-era man who ...

In an idyllic corner of an English field, beneath the lush green grass and yellow buttercups sprouting in the sunshine, archaeologists made a grim discovery. Sifting through the soil, they found a pit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old trepanation tool—used to remove a section of bone from the skull—at an ancient commune ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old trepanation tool—used to remove a section of bone from the skull—at an ancient commune in modern-day Poland. The ancient site was once inhabited by a group ...