Ancient prosthesis: a 3000-year-old Egyptian wooden toe
Ancient Egyptian prosthetic thumb recovered from Theban tomb TT95. Credit: Matjaž Kačičnik. Almost 3,000 years ago in Egypt, a priest’s daughter lost her left thumb. She didn’t die of infection but she didn’t feel content to walk the rest of her days through the streets with a missing digit either. So she had a wooden prosthesis…
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