Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery

Physorg ^ | 3-11-2008 | Ap

[blam]

Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery

The skeleton of a young woman from a 3rd century A.D. grave in Veria, northern Greece, is seen in this undated handout photo provided by the Greek Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Archaeologists believe a large hole on the front of the skull, above the eyes, was caused by -- apparently failed -- brain surgery nearly 1,800 years ago. Although references to such delicate operations abound in ancient writings, discoveries of surgically perforated skulls are uncommon in Greece. (AP Photo/Greek Culture Ministry)

(AP) -- Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman - who died during or shortly after the operation.

Although references to such delicate operations abound in ancient writings, discoveries of surgically perforated skulls are uncommon in Greece.

Site excavator Ioannis Graikos said the woman's skeleton was found during a rescue dig last year in Veria, a town some 46 miles west of Thessaloniki.

"We interpret the find as a case of complicated surgery which only a trained and specialized doctor could have attempted," Graikos said.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Thanks to Red Badger for the article.

[pepsionice]

Eventually...someone will prove there was this vast amount of knowledge that we had around 2,000 years ago...across the entire globe...and piece by piece....we lost it. It seems like our whole knowledge level today...is based on what happened after the Roman empire...with limited exceptions before then.

[King of Florida]

I wonder if the appointment before the surgery went something like this:

T.F. Gumby: Doctor? Doctor? DOCTOR!
[he bangs on a bell violently, eventually smashing it, as well as the desk and everything on it]
T.F. Gumby: DOCTOR! DOCTOR! DOCTOR!
Dr. Gumby: [enter Dr. Gumby] Hello!
T.F. Gumby: Are you the brain specialist?
Dr. Gumby: [thinks for a moment] Hello!
T.F. Gumby: Are you the brain specialist?
Dr. Gumby: No. No, I am not the brain specialist. No I am not. Yes! Yes I am!
T.F. Gumby: My brain hurts!
Dr. Gumby: Well, let's take a look at it, Mr. Gumby.
[begins to lift Gumby's sweater]
T.F. Gumby: No, no, no, my brain in my head.
Dr. Gumby: [thumps him on the head] It will have to come out.
T.F. Gumby: What? Out of my head?
Dr. Gumby: Yes. All the bits of it.

[Red Badger]

You should watch the History Channel series ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE. The Romans and Greeks had all kinds of technology that disappeared after the fall, and had to be re-invented during the Middle Ages, or later........

[blam]

Decoding An Ancient Computer

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“May Show”
or, of course, may not show! Guessing game.

[willgolfforfood]

We’d likely be out among the stars now, if we hadn’t spent the 1000 years of the dark ages standing still, technically.

[Red Badger]

The Antikithara (sp) device?.....

[Red Badger]

We’d likely be out among the stars now...

Or blown ourselves to Kingdom Come with nuclear devices, before we were intellectually ready to manage them. Which is why, I believe, God put stumbling blocks in our way to slow us down, which He had done before: Genesis 11: 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

re: blam’s link in #6.

Did The Ancient Greeks Make A Computer?
An Article | 1977 | Lionel Casson
Posted on 11/01/2003 9:21:03 AM PST by Holly_P
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012790/posts

The Antikythera Mechanism: Physical and Intellectual Salvage from the 1st Century B.C.
USNA Eleventh Naval History Symposium | 1995 | Rob S. Rice
Posted on 08/14/2004 6:01:21 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1191651/posts

Unearthing the Treasures of the Mediterranean
Skin Diver | February 2000 | Isabelle Croizeau
Posted on 07/09/2005 5:56:13 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1439842/posts

Ancient calculator was 1,000 yrs ahead of its time
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745932/posts

An Ancient Computer Surprises Scientists (2200yo Roman computer!)
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Posted on 11/29/2006 2:41:47 PM EST by Alter Kaker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745953/posts

Scientists Unravel Mystery of Ancient Greek Machine
Live Science | Wed Nov 29, 1:25 PM ET | Ker Than
Posted on 11/29/2006 6:44:39 PM EST by Redcitizen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1746090/posts

also:

Strange stories, weird facts
Yahoo groups | 1999 | John Braungart
Posted on 01/17/2004 8:37:13 PM EST by djf
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1060064/posts

OOPARTS (Out of Place Artifacts)
What If? | Unknown
Posted on 08/01/2007 6:28:51 AM EDT by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1874619/posts

[Ignatz]

Inscription: "I need need this like I need a hole in my head!"

[conservativehusker]

I thought this is OLD news. I remember looking at pictures of a skull that had an obvious square hole cut into it and healing scar tissue around it 30 years ago..was that just from a different time than this..

[CholeraJoe]

someone will prove there was this vast amount of knowledge that we had around 2,00010,000 years ago...across the entire globe...and piece by piece....we lost it.

Fixed it for you. The knowledge left Atlantis with the refugees when sea level rose. That explains why there are pyramids in Egypt, Central America, and Asia as well as why the word for "Father" is similar in many widely scattered aboriginal languages.

[MaxMax]

Or maybe someone got curious about what was under that Liberal skull of hers.
Bats maybe?

[wideminded]

Trepanning

[ThanhPhero]

At least in some ancient societies trepanning was used to relieve migraines. The hole was made in the skull to let the evil spirit out.

[pabianice]

Early HillaryCare?

[printhead]

It seems I read somewhere that a lot of this knowledge disappeared when practicioners of a certain religion of peace burned some major libraries of the day.