The paper ‘Biomechanical Assessment of Two Artificial Big Toe Restorations From Ancient Egypt and Their Significance to the History of Prosthetics’ is available on request. A brief paper was published ...

Two artificial big toes – one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy – may have been the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas on ...

A 15-year-old amputee has appealed on social media for a new prosthetic leg that will allow her to dance on the tips of her toes. Pollyanna ... part in the BBC's The Big Life Fix programme where ...