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The Village of Puttygut => The Grey Horse Tavern => Topic started by: Raven on April 13, 2018, 04:30:24 AM

Title: Interesting Archaeology: Medieval man with a knife for a hand!
Post by: Raven on April 13, 2018, 04:30:24 AM
Check out this article:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/04/12/archaeologists-find-ancient-knife-hand-prosthesis-on-medieval-warrior/#69bb959e3915

Basically, they found a medieval skeleton who was missing an arm and appears to have replaced it with a prosthetic knife. Additionally, alterations to his shoulder and the condition of his teeth and jaw seems to indicate, according to the article, that he was maybe "'tightening the prosthesis with his teeth.'"
Now, if that isn't material for a character in a story, I'm not sure what is.