The World’s First Prosthetic — Invented by the Ancient Egyptians 👁️⚕️ What you’re looking at isn’t just an artifact… It’s the oldest known functional prosthetic in human history — a wooden toe crafted more than 2,700 years ago in ancient Egypt. Discovered in a tomb near Luxor in 1997, this artificial toe once belonged to a noblewoman named Tabaketenmut, the daughter of a priest of Amun during Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period (around 900 BC). Tabaketenmut suffered from arterial blockage that re