An elite Bronze Age man had brain surgery more than 3,000 years ago
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Archaeologists uncovered the burial site of two brothers who lived during the 15th century BC in Israel, one of whom had brain surgery shortly before he died. Both men were chronically ill but had access to treatments likely because of their elite status.
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