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Science Steps In To Discover Wonders Of Toe-tankhamun

by Fidelity | July 27, 2007
"The toes date from between 1000 and 600BC, so if we can prove that one or both were functional then we will have pushed back prosthetic medicine by as much as 700 years."
- Jacky Finch

Manchester, England - 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.

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