Chemical History

Patina fingerprinting refers to the application of an isotope test to a layer of patina. An isotope test will determine the isotopic signature, or chemical fingerprint, of a chemical compound, and can assist archaeologists as a dating method...

Chemical archeology is the application of chemical tools to archeological finds with the objective of determining the date and composition of an artifact. Dating techniques are especially important to biblical archeology, which aims to demonstrate corresponding dates between...

In the public�s mind the so-called "James Ossuary" is a forgery. But the reality is that the jury is still out on that artifact�literally. The trial of collector Oded Golan is still ongoing in...