The paper ‘Biomechanical Assessment of Two Artificial Big Toe Restorations From Ancient Egypt and Their Significance to the History of Prosthetics’ is available on request. A brief paper was published ...

In a potentially groundbreaking advancement in prosthetics and body augmentation ... controlled by pressure sensors placed under each big toe. The design enables users to perform tasks that ...

Two artificial big toes – one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy – may have been the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas on ...