Images taken August 2002 at the Cairo Museum show a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood. Antiquities officials said the discovery testifies to the advancement of aesthetic surgery in the 15th century BC. The prothesis allowed the patient to maintain his balance.

Images taken August 2002 at the Cairo Museum show a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood. Antiquities officials said the discovery testifies to the advancement of aesthetic surgery in the 15th century BC. The prothesis allowed the patient to maintain his balance.