During the last few years, the Rathgen Research Laboratory in Berlin has analyzed 168 axes of the Bronze Age, 180 fibulae from the Celtic period, 64 statuettes from the Nuragic period of Sardinia, 164 pre-Columbian tools and weapons, about 100 Indian statuettes, more than 1000 Egyptian statuettes, 63 Chinese mirrors, 108 plates from Eskimo armor, about 600 bronzes from the Renaissance period and a great number of bronzes from other cultures. It has published valuable information for archaeology, ethnology and the history of art. -- AATA