technology that was used to radiocarbon date the Shroud in 1988, he was never very sympathetic to STURP and played a role in eliminating them from participation in the dating. I am thankful to my friend

He also argued that the material that the carbon dating laboratories worked on in 1988 was not original to the Shroud, but instead was a piece of cloth that the de Charnys sewed on as a repair. It was

participated in a 1988 effort to date the Shroud of Turin, venerated by millions of Christians as the burial cloth of Jesus. (Radiocarbon tests indicated the frayed length of linen was created in the

Back in early 1988 - and before the samples for carbon dating had even been taken - there was published in the U.K. a strangely prophetic novel: The Legacy of the Shroud written by Dr.Raymond Leonard,

He also argued that the material that the carbon dating laboratories worked on in 1988 was not original to the Shroud, but instead was a piece of cloth that the de Charnys sewed on as a repair. It was

23 September 1988 Dear Members, On the Recent "Leaks" ... In view of many still unresolved questions concerning the Shroud carbon dating results, this is an interim letter, for members' guidance

forgery seemingly were backed by the evidence of a Carbon-14 (C14) dating performed in 1988, when three independent labs pronounced that the results indicated that the linen dated only back to 1260-1390

of the carbon dating becomes less and less worthy of attention. That the Vatican, no less, has rejected the 1988 figures and is calling for a repetition is worth some thought. Of course there are those

above still remains. I think that the issue of carbon-14 dating needs to be answered in an authoritative manner. Beyond the many scientific possibilities involving error that have been argued since

The Shroud of Turin, was carbon-14 dated between the 12th and 14th century in the test conducted thirty-five years ago in 1988, and recent research counted ninety-three disciplines studying the image