Welcome to Hidden Histories. In this series, we take a closer look at the world around us and explore the hidden depths of our shared history.
Today we examine the archaeology of Dentistry. Say “Aaaaaaah”!
Note: Credit for the filed Viking teeth must go to Oxford Archaeology. They released the image in a Press Release announcing the Dorset mass grave pit in 2009.
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archaeology fear dentist needle phobia Homo Rhodesiensis tooth wear Indus Valley Civilization bead bow drill Sumerian tooth worm Guy de Chauliac Pierre Fauchard Ninevah Loka Slovenia beeswax filling Neolithic Ancient Egypt Edwin Smith papyrus Hesi-Se Hammurabi code Etruscans Ancient Greece Hippocrates Celsus Rome Roman Apollonia Saxon viking Tang dynasty toothbrush Medieval Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Artzney Buchlein caries George Washington false teeth dentures
