The physicians say that the 35-year-old patient is in perfect health after the procedure, and they are already planning on performing additional surgeries with the 3D-printed ‘bones,’ including three ribs along with a sternum.
Country: Bulgaria
The First Bulgarian Empire comes to power
The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed in southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded circa 681 when Bulgar tribes led by Asparukh moved to the north-eastern Balkans.
The Hunnic Empire rises to power in Eastern Europe
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. The Huns, especially under their King Attila, made frequent and devastating raids into the Eastern Roman Empire.
First gold jewelry created, perhaps in modern-day Bulgaria
In 1976, archaeologists unearthed gold jewellery in the Bulgarian Black sea city of Varna, which they claimed was the world’s oldest gold artifact ever found.
The Varna Necropolis in modern-day Bulgaria becomes perhaps the world’s first major gold hoard
The so-called Varna Necropolis is a burial site from 45694340 BC and is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.