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  • Turin Shroud 'could be genuine as carbon-dating was flawed' (Dying Scientist Reverses Self)

    04/10/2009 4:24:42 PM PDT · by GOPGuide · 41 replies · 1,576+ views
    UK Daily Telegraph ^ | 10 Apr 2009 | Stephen Adams
    New evidence suggests the Turin Shroud could have been the cloth in which Jesus was buried, as experiments that concluded it was a medieval fake were flawed. Radio carbon dating carried out in 1988 was performed on an area of the relic that was repaired in the 16th century, according to Ray Rogers, who helped lead the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STRP). At the time he argued firmly that the shroud, which bears a Christlike image, was a clever forgery. snip "Sue and Joe were right. The worst possible sample for carbon dating was taken. "It consisted of different...