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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This has been gone over so many times. See: http://www.skepdic.com/shroud.html for answers to all questions. "According to microchemist Dr. Walter McCrone, The suggestion that the 1532 Chambery fire changed the date of the cloth is ludicrous. Samples for C-dating are routinely and completely burned to CO2 as part of a well-tested purification procedure. The suggestions that modern biological contaminants were sufficient to modernize the date are also ridiculous. A weight of 20th century carbon equaling nearly two times the weight of the Shroud carbon itself would be required to change a 1st century date to the 14th century (see <http://www.mcri.org/Shroud_graph.html>Carbon 14 graph). Besides this, the linen cloth samples were very carefully cleaned before analysis at each of the C-dating laboratories.<http://www.mcri.org/Shroud.html>*" Of course whoever made it (with red ochre) must have used a flat-headed person for the model -- there is a lack of space at the head. >not like we were relying on The Innernets for the Truth.... > >c risa ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html