Two trepanned skulls from the Middles Ages found in Spain

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Two skulls with perforations have been exhumed in the area of Gormaz in Soria, Spain by researchers from the universities of Oviedo and Leon. They have been dated to the 13th and 14th centuries – a period in which trepanation was not commonly practised.

Drawing of the two skulls and their trepanation (above is the female and below is the male). Image: Esther Gómez López