[Swordmaker]

The Raes Sample threads turn out to really be made of COTTON! Proof that the 1988 C14 tests on the Shroud of Turin were fatally flawed. This is the abstract of the paper by Robert Villareal's. PIng!

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[Gondring]

Cotton has been mentioned as being present throughout the shroud before, though I am assuming this thread was known to be integral to the fabric. Unfortunately, without the ability to examine some of the linen portion, not much can be said. Is that to be allowed in the new examination, do you know?

Also, in the Maillard reaction paper, Rogers and Arnoldi said: "Cotton was practically unknown in ancient times and was introduced in use only around 1350." But is that really true? Sources I have seen say that Arab traders were spreading cotton textiles throughout the Mediterranean by 1st century or earlier.

Interestingly, this would actually seem to support the Knight and Lomas hypothesis, odd as it is.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!