It is usually seen as a more recent disease. A skull that dates back 4,000 years is changing that. The ancient Egyptian skull shows signs of both cancer and cancer-treating surgery. Texts from the ...

The University of Cambridge is home to a 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull that has been hiding nearly invisible cut marks for decades. According to a recent study that was published in Frontiers in ...

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have discovered strangely deformed sheep skulls in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, dating to around 3,700 BC. Researchers note that this is one of the oldest and ...