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500 BCE
Measuring volume of strange objects.
Archimedes talks about being able to prove the crown was not made of gold using density and buoyancy. -
300 BCE
First forensics.
Fingerprints are used on clay tablets for business transaction in ancient Babylon. -
Feb 24, 1235
Learning to find murder weapons
A murder was committed using a sickle. And all those in the village who owned a sickle had to lay it out in the sun. Eventually files gathered to one specific murder weapon. -
Feb 24, 1302
First medical Autopsy
Bartolomeo Da Varignana preformed one of the first medico legal autopsies in the case of a suspected murder of a nobleman. -
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