Cuts in the cranium, which is more than 4,000 years old, hint that people in the ancient civilization attempted to treat a scourge that persists today. Cuts in the cranium, which is more than 4,000 years old, hint that people in the ancient civilization attempted to treat a scourge that persists today. Brain Cancer, Egyptian Civilization, Skull (Body Part), Archaeology and Anthropology, Medicine and Health, History (Academic Subject), Research, your-feed-science NYT > Science