Most important, in 1996, a piece left over from the carbon dating sample was checked chemically against the non-image area of the shroud and was found to be chemically different from the rest of the shroud. This means that the sample used for carbon dating was not representative of the rest of the cloth. As a result, the carbon dating study was unfortunately of no value. For confirmation of the above, everyone can check the scientific literature for themselves. For further information and the scientific references, refer to Resurrected .
Archeological evidence suggests that the shroud is from the first century.
The scourge marks on the shroud show the same pattern of injury that would have been caused by a first century Roman flagrum. The cloth first appeared in the West in the fourteenth century. Before that time, the shroud was in the East. Some of these stories can be traced all the way back to the first century. Inc - All rights reserved.