NYT: Shroud of Turin: Old as Jesus?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/science/27shroud.html

Shroud of Turin: Old as Jesus?

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: January 27, 2005

The Shroud of Turin is much older than the medieval date that modern science has affixed to it and could be old enough to have been the burial wrapping of Jesus, a new analysis concludes.

Since 1988, most scientists have confidently concluded that it was the work of a medieval artist, because carbon dating had placed the production of the fabric between 1260 and 1390.

In an article this month in the journal Thermochimica Acta, Dr. Raymond N. Rogers, a chemist retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, said the carbon dating test was valid but that the piece tested was about the size of a postage stamp and came from a portion that had been patched.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/science/27shroud.html