Since the 1988 radiocarbon dating test, there has been a general assumption, particularly within the scientific community, that the Shroud is of medieval origin. The 1988 test results have largely been

results of radiocarbon dating of olt textiles: the Shroud of Turin”, Journal of Archaeological Science, 1996, 23, pp. 109-121. 3) L. A. Garza-Valdes: “Bio-plastic coating on the Shroud of Turin,

Gonella was the Scientific Advisor to the Archbishop of Turin in 1978 and still held that position ten years later, during the radiocarbon dating of the Shroud. Physicist Eric Jumper, then of the Air

Although the information was useful in the Shroud of Turin context, where a radiocarbon date had claimed a medieval age, it is no help for the Sudarium. The documented age of the Sudarium is within

Powell about the Shroud of Turin. This video covers the radiocarbon dating, the history of the Shroud from Jerusalem to France, and various other claims.” [Editor’s Note: Another skeptical podcast]

What is the Shroud of Turin? A suggestive hypothesis awaiting a new radiocarbon dating G. Fazio 1, G. Mandaglio 1 and A. Roberto2 1Dipartimento di Fisica, dell’Università di Messina, I-98166

1982. Damon, P.E., et al. “Radiocarbon dating of The Shroud of Turin” Nature 337: 611-15 (1989). Kirk, Paul L. Crime Investigation (NY: John Wiley Sons, 1974). Edwards, William D., et al.

there was enough material here to perform some 400 radiocarbon dating tests. But in a relic so controversial as the Shroud of Turin, where the testing results must be evaluated by believer and skeptic

In early 1978 I was asked by the Turin authorities whether radiocarbon dating could be used on the Shroud when other scientific tests were being undertaken during its exposition". He then goes on to

such as the Turin Shroud. Also, this object has not been protected from other organisms, such as man! To overcome this problem, we would need to wash the sample in such a way that only the organic