CNN —Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a centuries-old skeleton complete with a metal prosthetic hand to replace four missing fingers. This would make the prosthetic hand potentially almost 600 years old. A bandage-like fabric was found inside the prosthetic hand, suggesting that it was used to cushion the stump. And an even older, 3,000-year-old prosthetic wooden toe was uncovered by archaeologists in Egypt in 1997. Worn by a priest’s daughter, the toe was was made to both enable walking and look aesthetically natural, archaeologists later discovered.

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Persons: ” Walter Irlinger, Bayerisches, für, für Denkmalpflege Freising, Götz von Berlichingen Organizations: CNN, Archaeologists, Bavarian State Office, Monument Preservation Locations: Germany, Bavarian, Freising, Munich, für Denkmalpflege, Central Europe, Friesing, Egypt