been proposed regarding possible inaccuracies in the 1988 carbon dating results. This debate has now been added to the "Scientific Papers & Articles" page of the website for those of you who do not have

After the 1988 carbon dating, when I was stunned by the result, I rethought my approach to the politics, because I was convinced that the Vatican team knew what answers were going to come from the dating

Following the 1988 Carbon Dating tests, the scientists reported their findings, giving the age as 1260 to 1390, therefore the cloth was mediaeval. This was the limit to their remit, to date the cloth.

carbon dating of 1988. Gove does not fudge his views on some of the individuals with whom he became associated. When he diplomaticaly invited the eminent scientist Professor Carlos Chagas of the Pontifical

by Giulio Fanti Statistical Analysis of the 1988 Carbon dating - by Robert Rucker The Neutron Absorption Hypothesis - by Robert Rucker Art, Icon, or Relic - by Russ Breault Panel discussion regarding

set in train the tangled politics leading up to the carbon dating of 1988. Gove does not fudge his views on some of the individuals with whom he became associated. When he diplomaticaly invited the eminent

who determined that the area selected for carbon dating in 1988 was patched or rewoven, anomalous and not representative of the main Shroud cloth. Rogers' work was published in a highly regarded, peer-

existence well before the 1988 carbon-dating date of discovered it to be a painting: between AD 1260 and 1390.25 In 1969, a group of Eventually, after diligent inquiry and individuals examined

STURP) xi xiiare also incompatible with the 1988 carbon dating.11-18 In this paper we therefore assume that the traditional view and the combined evidence of the forensic, anatomic, physical, chemical,

in the area of the Shroud from which the 1988 carbon-dating samples were taken, was done with cotton, which was dyed to match the colour of the linen. I am very surprised that none of the laboratories