spent 7 1/2 hours traveling on a train from Rome to Turin just to act as our interpreter), met him again at his studio. The meeting was one of several we ultimately had during my visit, and led to a pledge

The Shroud of Turin has been the focus of extensive study by historians and researchers since the beginning of the twentieth century. It is possibly the world’s most studied historical artifact, generating

image and non-image zones, serum, radiocarbon warp and water stains do not have the same chemical composition. Fourier Transform Infrared (FITR) absorbency patterns, except for serum and water stains

By Ian Wilson As the world now knows, the Turin Shroud has been 'proved' a fake. On Thursday 13 October (coincidentally, the 681st anniversary of the suppression of the Templars), it was officially

It has been reported by Ian Wilson (The Turin Shroud„ Gollancz 1978), and by others like myself who have based their information on Wilson's account, that a painting of the head of Christ was discovered

Gian Maria Zuccone of Turin to ascertain, with the aid of documents published on the Shroud, what kind of contaminations have been recorded already in historical texts. In particular the study will

or any other means, then the inferred radiocarbon date is inaccurate. Most of these potential problems can be addressed simply by dating one or more additional samples taken from a different part of

with a photograph of the Turin Shroud. The finding came as a result of trials in which 38 participating radiocarbon dating laboratories had to date a set of samples made from wood, peat and carbonate.

International d'Etudes sur le Linceul de Turin (C.I.E.L.T.), a French equivalent of the BSTS. C.I.E.L.T. publishes a monthly newsletter, and has become particularly concerned about the statistical validity

rather far outside the disputed time range of the Turin Shroud, and do not explain this latter, nonetheless they add further fuel to the argument that carbon dating is insufficiently reliable to be