Academics excavate in the necropolis (cemetery) area called “Kaniya Bekan Necropolis” in Catak district of Van, Turkiye on October 09, 2023. They identified 3 rooms and 4 graves with walls built with stones. Of the 400 human skeletons found in these tombs, 30 of them showed traces of brain surgery (trepanation). (Photo by Emre Ilikan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
