Skull with trepanation hole, found in a cave. Totana, Spain, 3rd millennium BC [3200×3200] by MunakataSennin
MunakataSennin on March 25, 2026 3:38 am [Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/skull-with-frontal-trepanation/YwHIkdLtWBvU3w)
roughstonerollin on March 25, 2026 3:45 am Trepanning is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning)
Yestomorrow on March 25, 2026 3:47 am How would they know the person has a tumor? How would they know where to cut? This just raises so many questions haha
RedBaret on March 25, 2026 3:53 am Man I’ve only excavated a kid with a trepanated skull from the 16th century and comparatively this looks weird as hell. Wonder how they did it.
FrozenToonies on March 25, 2026 4:42 am How are they certain this isn’t an impact from a small stone from a sling? Is it because there’s not other cracks in the skull?
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[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/skull-with-frontal-trepanation/YwHIkdLtWBvU3w)
Trepanning is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning)
How would they know the person has a tumor? How would they know where to cut? This just raises so many questions haha
Man I’ve only excavated a kid with a trepanated skull from the 16th century and comparatively this looks weird as hell. Wonder how they did it.
To let more Dust inside, so the angels could speak to them.
How are they certain this isn’t an impact from a small stone from a sling?
Is it because there’s not other cracks in the skull?