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An artificial big toe found on the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's earliest functional fake body part, UK experts believe.
A Manchester University team hope to prove that the leather and wood "Cairo toe" not only looked the part but also helped its owner walk. (more)
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I recently published an article in the Birmingham Egyptology,2006,vol.1,issue1,giving a podiatric perspective on this prosthesis, to put this into its historical context I will provide some of the details of the find.
In 2002, members of the Egyptian-German mission working in the Qurna area of the Theban West Bank made the discovery. It was made in the accumulated debris in the rock cut shaft of the New Kingdom tomb of Mery, a priest of Amun in the reign of Amenothep II. However, the tomb was reused for the burial of nobles of the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Dynasties and the opinion at the time-as reported in Al Ahram issue 599,-was that the artificial toe belonged to a high ranking Theban lady of that period.
I consider that the lady did walk with this prosthesis in place, which resulted in the wear marks to the plantar surface of the prosthesis. But, without functionality to aid her walking, I believe the cosmetic qualities of were the prime commodity addressing her psychosocial needs and the religious burial requirements that were expected during her lifetime.
Perhaps there is an opportunity here for a new discipline, PALEOPODIATRY, a new branch of paleopathology,”…examines the evolution and progress of disease through long periods of time and looks how humans adapted to changes in their environment.” [Roberts,C. Manchester,K. (2005)The Archaeology of Disease.3rd edition.Sutton Publishing].
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