Tiye, the powerful Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III, was not only the mother of the revolutionary Pharaoh Akhenaten, but also the grandmother of the enigmatic Tutankhamun. What secrets was one of the most influential women of Ancient Egypt hiding?

Tiye was the Great Royal Wife of the Ancient Egyptian equivalent of Louis XIV: Amenhotep III. Her son Akhenaten was one of the biggest scandal-mongers during the time of the Pharaohs in Egypt. She was also the grandmother of Tutankhamun and the sister of Ay. She was one of the most influential women in Ancient Egypt, yet her name had been forgotten for centuries.

A Peruvian Warrior from 2000 Years Ago Had a Metal Implant in His Skull

How could an ancient civilization, lacking the advanced medical tools and knowledge we possess today, perform surgery of such precision and complexity? This skull, unearthed on Peruvian land, has baffled experts, calling into question what we thought we knew about the capabilities of our ancestors. The warrior, a man with an elongated skull typical of the cultural practices of his time, suffered a traumatic wound in combat. In response, he underwent a surgical procedure as extraordinary as it is inexplicable to modern science: a metal plate was implanted in his skull.