The Shroud of Turin

Carbon-14 Dating
1988 Carbon dating results appeared to expose the Shroud as a medieval fake, but the dating was controversial

The Shroud Negative
The Shroud of Turin is made of fine linen and is 3.5 feet wide and a little over 14 feet long. It bears the image of a crucified man, with injuries consistent with Biblical accounts of Jesus' crucifixion.

The Shroud of Turin - The Burial Cloth of Christ?

The Shroud of Turin is probably the most famous relic of the Christian world. The image it bears appears to be that of a crucified man. When viewed normally the image is very faint, but when viewed as a negative remarkably clear features are visible.

The most authoritative website on the Shroud of Turin is Barrie Schwortz's Shroud of Turin Website (www.shroud.com).. Mr. Barrie Schwortz was the photographer responsible for photographing every square centimetre of the Shroud of Turin during the 1978 STURP (Shroud of Turin Research Project) scientific investigations.

The Shroud of Turin provides fascinating insight in to the events of the Crucifixion and for some researchers supports the thesis that Jesus survived the ordeal.

But wait - was the Shroud not exposed as a fake by radio carbon dating in 1988? Challenging new evidence has just come to light by chemical analysis of the samples taken for the carbon dating tests. The research paper by Raymond N Rogers claims to prove that the sample taken for the C14 test and an adjacent sample both show chemical characteristics that prove that they are from a rewoven part of the Shroud rather than the original cloth itself. This invalidates the C14 test as they were not carried out upon the actual original shroud cloth. This exciting new piece of research is examined in the section on Ray Rogers recent paper.