Ancient surgery

Did ancient Siberians know about the Hippocratic teachings of Ancient Greece? And if so, how?

Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.

A new find of remains of a child aged 8 to 10 dating from around the 5th century AD suggests a sophisticated knowledge of surgical skills. 

A study suggests cannabis, magic mushrooms and ecstatic dancing was used as ancient anaesthetic.

Exclusive pictures show autopsy on a four year old bison preserved in ice since ancient times.

Research in some of Russia's remotest regions on 43,000 year old bones may have a very modern application in saving lives of coronary patients.

Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine? 

2,400 year old Ust-Taseyevsky idol 'underwent racial realignment early in Middle Ages', losing his European looks.