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A Time In History - Egyptian Mummy's Fake Toe Is World's First Prosthetic

A 3,000 Years old ancient Egyptian prosthesis is a beautiful work of Art. 

Egypt Museum

Hey history lovers, a must read below:

The artificial big toe was found on the foot of an Egyptian mummy.  

                           The Prosthetic Toe - Cairo Museum. 

The prosthetic, recovered by Swiss researchers at the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, belonged to a woman and was finely carved to make it aesthetically pleasing and comfortable.

It could prove to be the world's earliest functioning prosthetic body part. It is one of the oldest ever found.

Volunteers who have lost their right big toe are now being recruited to see how effective replicas of the prosthesis are. 

The fake toe from the Cairo museum in Egypt was found in 2000 in a tomb near the ancient city of Thebes. 

Archaeologists speculated the 50- to 60-year-old woman the prosthesis came from might have lost her toe due to complications from diabetes. 

The wood and leather prosthesis dates from 1069 to 664 B.C., based on artifacts it was found with in the mummy's burial chamber. This means it predates what was previously thought of as the earliest known functioning prosthesis, the Roman Capua Leg, a bronze artifact dating from about 300 B.C.

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