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Nature, the prestigious international weekly journal of science, published an
article about the test coauthored by twenty-one scientists from the University
of Oxford, the University of Arizona, the Institut für Mittelenergiephysik in
Zurich, Columbia University, and the British Museum. The conclusion in Nature
was clear: The results of radiocarbon measurements at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich yield a
calibrated calendar age range with at least 95% confidence for the linen of the
Shroud of Turin of AD 1260 - 1390 (rounded down/up to nearest 10 yr). These
results therefore provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of
Turin is mediaeval. However, these tests have been severely challenged. There is now definitive
proof that the sample used was invalid. |
The
scientific study of the Turin shroud is like a microcosm of the
scientific search for God: it does more to inflame any debate than
settle it.”
It is
simply not known how the ghostly image of a serene, bearded man was
made.”
Scientist-Journalist Philip Ball Nature, that most prestigious of scientific journals, that once had bragging rights to claim that the Shroud was fake, responding to new, peer-reviewed studies that discredit the carbon 14 dating and show that the Shroud could be authentic. WHAT WE KNOW IN 2005
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