Cranial Trepanation with Gold Plate. Paracas Culture, Peru.

This picture was taken at the Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú, in Lima, Peru. It shows the evidence of a cranial trepanation (surgery) in ancient Peru (Paracas culture). The hole was covered by a gold plate. There is bone growth at the borders demonstrating that the individual survived the procedure.

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