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7 nailed skulls from Iron Age reveal bizarre funerary display in ancient Spain
A Spanish study has examined the mobility patterns of individuals whose heads were severed and then nailed during the Iron ...
Modern surgery began with saws and iron hands – how amputation transformed the body in the Renaissance
Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...