Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Archaeologists have unearthed a skull dating back some 5,000 years that shows clear signs of successful brain surgery.Experts say the smooth edges of two large but precise holes in the ancient skill show signs of healing after the radical Bronze Age surgery – which took place long before the invention of modern anaesthetics or antibiotics.Recent research suggests procedures of this kind used cannabis, magic mushrooms, and even shamanic practices like ecstatic dancing to dull the pain as holes were bored into the patient’s skull .While the patient appears to have survived the procedure, their body had been dismembered after death – possibly as part of some religious ritual.In ancient.
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