It is likely to be one of the oldest prosthetic devices in human history: Together with other experts, Egyptologists from the University of Basel have reexamined an artificial wooden big toe. The find ...

A big wood-and-leather toe from Egypt is the oldest prosthetic discovered so far, researchers believe, and provides an insight into the world of ancient medicine. Experts found the 3,000-year-old ...

An ongoing reexamination of an ancient Egyptian wooden toe is shedding new light on how the remarkable wooden prosthetic was manufactured, and whether it was used for cosmetic or functional purposes.

An artificial big toe attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part, say scientists. Research at The University of Manchester ...

MANCHESTER, England, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A study of two ancient Egyptian artificial toes suggests they were more than cosmetic and likely were the world's first prosthetic body parts, researchers say.

Until now, an artificial leg made of bronze and wood and found buried with a Roman aristocrat in southern Italy dating to 300 b.c. was thought to be the first prosthesis. Finch's work suggests, ...

LUXOR, Egypt (WPVI) -- Experts are studying what could be one of the oldest prosthetic devices in human history after they found an artificial, wooden big toe from an Egyptian tomb. The toe is almost ...

Two false mummy toes from Egypt may have actually strutted their stuff as functional big-toe prostheses for their owners, researchers have found. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

The earliest known prosthesis, dating possibly as far back as 950 B.C., was discovered in Cairo on the mummified body of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman. The prosthesis is made largely of wood, molded ...

A wooden big toe that enabled a priest's daughter to walk around 3,000 years ago has been found to be even more complex than researchers believed. It is thought to be one of the oldest prosthetic ...