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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 wooden big toe that helped a priest's daughter walk about 3,000 years ago offers researchers insights about ancient medicine in Egypt. The ancient prosthesis that was discovered attached to a mummy ...
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 ...
Toe prosthesis of a female burial from the Theban tomb TT95, early first millennium BCE (all photos by Matjaž Kačičnik, © University of Basel, LHTT) About 3,000 ...
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has unveiled SoftFoot Pro, an innovative motorless prosthetic foot designed to offer flexibility and adaptability for individuals with limb loss. Developed by ...
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 ...
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. An artificial big toe attached to the ...
It is likely to be one of the oldest prosthetic devices in human history: Together with other experts, Egyptologists have reexamined an artificial wooden big toe. The find is almost 3000 years old and ...