2000-Year-Old Skull With Large White Gold Plate For Injury

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10409541/Metal-plate-attached-2-000-year-old-Peruvian-warriors-skull-oldest-evidence-SURGERY.html


Metal plate implanted into head of Peruvian warrior 2,000
years ago is thought to be the world's first skull surgery
and the patient - who had elongated his skull - SURVIVED

. . .

  Modern civ didn't invent EVERYTHING.

  Probably not much in the way of anesthesia in those
  days alas .........

  In any case, the fracture victim DID live, the plate
  was nicely melded in with skull.

  The patient had an intentionally stretched skull,
  meaning he was of the elite, maybe a general or
  a prince. Likely the average guy would not have
  received such complicated treatment.

  Slings were common projectile weapons of the time.
  And yes, they CAN do a fair bit of damage, esp
  if they hit you in the head. This looks to have
  taken out a roughly 2x4 inch piece of the skull.

  In any case, a lot of these ancient civs DID have
  the technology ... you just had to be connected
  enough to get the treatments.

  However what is NOT clear from the photos or article
  is how they managed to lock the metal plate in-place.
  Today we'd use little SS screws, but THEN ???