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2,000-year-old skull of a Peruvian warrior found to be fused together by metal (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by TheLobotomist@lemmy.world to c/bewowed@lemmy.world
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Experts from a US museum believe it could be one of the oldest examples of advanced surgery. The Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma said the skull is reported to have been that of a man who was injured in battle before undergoing surgery to implant a piece of metal in his head to repair a fracture.

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 23 points 9 months ago

Is there more info?

My first thought is why did they discount the idea from movies of someone being executed painfully by having molten metal poured on their head?

[-] ErrorF002@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Have you not heard of HIPAA?

[-] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I guess it might have gotten lost in translation.

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