Archaeologists found a skeleton buried with a prosthetic hand in Germany.
AdvertisementAdvertisementArchaeologists in Germany unearthed a skeleton with a metal prosthetic hand that could be nearly 600 years old.
AdvertisementAdvertisementIt remains unclear how the man lost his fingers and how the prosthetic was used, it continued.
"The hollow prosthetic on the left hand replaced four fingers," Walter Irlinger, deputy of the general conservator at the department said in the statement.
The prosthetic fingers lie slightly curved, parallel to one another.
Persons:
—, Walter Irlinger, pinky, Götz von Berlichingen, Götz
Organizations:
Service, Bavarian, Office, Monument, Monument Preservation, National Library of Medicine
Locations:
Germany, Freising, Bavarian, Munich, Europe, Egypt, Italy