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Known to be the place of one of the early civilisations, ancient Egyptians have been known to identify, describe, and treat diseases and traumatic injuries, build prostheses, and put in dental fillings
Landmark study: Ancient Egyptians may have practiced cancer surgery. LONDON, May 29: New evidence from a 4,000-year-old skull suggests that ancient Egyptian physicians may have attempted to treat cancer surgically. This finding challenges the notion that cancer is primarily a modern disease. The skull, belonging to a man who died at the age of 30-35, is housed in the Duckworth Laboratory collection at the University of Cambridge. It dates back to between 2686 BC and 2345 BC and is labeled 236 in