Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine, 2200-2000. Although this skull shows four separate holes made by the ancient surgical process of trephination, they had clearly begun to heal. Wellcome Collection [1363×2048]
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Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine, 2200-2000. Although this skull shows four separate holes made by the ancient surgical process of trephination, they had clearly begun to heal. Wellcome Collection [1363×2048]
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fun fact the inca’s trephination had a 10 % mortality rate as opposed of US during the civil war which was over 50%
Poor lady
“Palestine” was not invented at that time. It was the Romans who invented the term to describe the Jews.
2000-2200 years ago, this woman would be from the Independant Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea, or towards the later end of the date range, the Roman occupied province of Iudæa (Judea.)
“Syria-Palestine” was not used to describe that region (jericho, the west bank, Judea & Samaria) until after Roman Emperor Hadrian put down the last Jewish rebellion at Masada in 136 CE.