Human left femur, Tell Fara, Palestine, 100 BCE-200 CE

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Human left femur, Tell Fara, Palestine, 100 BCE-200 CE. Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The femur bone is the bone joining the hip and knee joints. This femur shows an unreduced bone fracture. This means that the bones were not correctly realigned, using a splint or by surgical means, and therefore did not heal correctly. These femurs are from the left leg and the right leg of a human, although it is not clear if they are a pair. The bones were excavated at Tell Fara, Palestine, by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1928-1929. The bones were purchased by Henry Wellcome from University College London the following year. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Palestine

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