Egyptians-operation of brain

Maju,

    The reason I said that Ancient Egyptions though of the brain as a useless organ is because I attended a Museum in which we had the chance to observe the writings of ancient Egyption literature. The brain was removed from the body because it was thought to be useless. The heart that was placed in a seperate container was not mummified (I don't think you can mummify the heart or any inside orgain), therefore, it didn't matter for them that the heart will decompose. They could have placed the brain instead as it will decompose too.

    The concept of head importance is universal, yet, priest teachings and the ancient culture in pharoanic Egypt did not place the brain in its proper status as an organ of thinking, emotions, and comprehension. That was for them the job of the heart. I took a look at 1001 night's link and It is very usefull in understanding that unusual notion of treating the brain less that what naturally someone would think it should be considered as.

I would imagine the brain surgery more of a head surgery as Maju explained that type of surgery.

I'm almost certain that Ancient Egypt did not perform surgeries on the brain itself because they didn't believe the brain to be the center of order for the body. In fact, during the process of mummification of a body, the heart is kept in a seperate container as it was thought the heart is the thinking, feeling, and memory organ of the body. For them, the brain was a useless organ and they used to throw it out with waste!