Shroud of Turin: Carbon 14 dating used in 1988 faulty
New research is being called for on what many believe is the actual cloth in which Jesus was buried, the shroud of Turin, as the Museum of the Bible prepares for an exhibition on the subject.
The bloodstained linen, which was scrutinized in 1988 with radiocarbon testing, and was believed to have originated between the years 1260 and 1390 — and thus deemed a "medieval hoax" by skeptics — is now being reconsidered for another round of tests.
In what some are calling an "underreported" story, some researchers are calling for new tests to be performed in light of a recent discovery about previous research that was done on the aged cloth....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 8/3/2009
