2005 Thermochimica Acta Paper Published: Shroud of Turin Terms

Paper Proves that the 1988 Carbon 14 Tests Were Flawed

A peer reviewed scientific paper by Raymond N. Rogers, retired Fellow of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was published in the scientific journal Thermochimica Acta, Volume 425, Issues 1-2, Pages 189-194. The title is: Studies on the radiocarbon sample from the Shroud of Turin."

The paper concludes:

As unlikely as it seems, the sample used to test the age of the Shroud of Turin in 1988 was taken from a rewoven area of the Shroud. Pyrolysis-mass spectrometry results from the sample area coupled with microscopic and microchemical observations prove that the radiocarbon sample was not part of the original cloth of the Shroud of Turin. The radiocarbon date was thus not valid for determining the true age of the Shroud.

As Barrie Schwort reports:

Rogers' paper is extremely important as it provides a credible scientific argument for redating the cloth to determine its actual age, and is widely reported in the media, but to a far lesser extent than the coverage given to the 1988 c-14 dating that declared the cloth a "medieval fake." Almost immediately, Shroud scholars and skeptics alike begin debating, agreeing and disagreeing with Rogers and each other.

cotton fiber from the carbon 14 sample area

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	Startling, Mysterious, Unexplained. The 3D Encoding of the Shroud.
	The Variegated Cloth. Fooled by the Shroud's Background Noise.
	The Art Connection. Christ Pantocrator and the Shroud of Turin.
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	Medical Perspective: Forensic Pathology of the Images
	The Second Face: From the Back of the Cloth
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