Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
ART396673
ART422543
ART422525
ART330925
ART395798
ART422820
ART396682
ART396659
AR9500145
AR922519
ART356994
ART201908
ART305830
ART365973
Bronze Age skull, Jericho, Palestine, 2200-2000 BC. This skull, excavated from Jericho, (now in the occupied West Bank, Israel), shows four trepanned holes. Trepanning may have been intended to release from the brain or mind the evil spirits which were believed to cause mental problems, or illnesses, such as migraine or epilepsy.
Location
Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART422544
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3504px × 2968px
Photo Credit
SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
Bronze Age (3000-1000 BCE)
Jericho, Israel
Mental Illness
Skull
Trephination