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Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin

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Very small samples from the Shroud of Turin have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry in laboratories at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich. As controls, three samples whose ages had been determined independently were also dated. The results provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval.

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  1. S. Trumbore

    Present address: Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland

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  1. Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA

    P. E. Damon, B. H. Gore, A. J. T. Jull & L. J. Toolin

  2. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA

    D. J. Donahue, A. L. Hatheway, T. W. Linick & P. J. Sercel

  3. Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QJ, UK

    C. R. Bronk, E. T. Hall, R. E. M. Hedges, R. Housley, I. A. Law & C. Perry

  4. Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH-H&0uml;nggerberg, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland

    G. Bonani & W. Woelfli

  5. Lament-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA

    S. Trumbore

  6. Research Laboratory, British Museum, London, WC1B3DG, UK

    J. C. Ambers, S. G. E. Bowman, M. N. Leese & M. S. Tite

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Damon, P., Donahue, D., Gore, B. et al. Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin. Nature 337, 611–615 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/337611a0

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