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Ancient leather toe could be oldest prosthesis ever found

31/07/2007

A leather toe has been found attached to the foot of an Egyptian mummy and researchers at the University of Manchester, UK, believe it is around 3,000 years old. They also believe it could be the world’s oldest articulated prosthesis.

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