Abstract
In the latest of a series of rumors circulating about the radiocarbon dating tests on the Shroud of Turin, a London newspaper has reported that scientists at Oxford University have found that the cloth dates from about 1350 AD—far too recent for it to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ. But researchers who are actually taking part in carbon-14 dating of samples of the cloth refuse to confirm or deny the report, saying they are pledged to secrecy until the Archbishop of Turin releases the results later this month. The Shroud of Turin is a large piece of linen bearing the life-size yellowish image of a man who appears to have been beaten and crucified. Darker stains on the fabric at the man's feet, hands, and side look like blood from wounds. The cloth has been claimed to be the burial shroud of Jesus since it first surfaced in 14th-century France. Controversy over its ...
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