A 4k-year-old story is catching the attention of the international press: News outlets in the West and East and everywhere in between are picking up an academic study arguing that the ancient Egyptians could have been attempting to treat brain tumors some 4k years ago. Cut marks on a skull studied by researchers appear to show attempts to operate on a brain tumor and potentially offer an “extraordinary new perspective in our understanding of the history of medicine,” the team behind the study said.

The story was pick up by: CNN | Wall Street Journal | New York Times | Newsweek | NewYork Post | Independent | Metro | New Scientist | El Pais | India Today | NDTV.

PLUS- A renovated 14th century mosque in Historic Cairo attracted the attention of Reuters, after it was reopened to the public on Tuesday.

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