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The linen is about 2,000 years old and the radiocarbon date is wrong through contamination or flawed…

The linen is about 2,000 years old and the radiocarbon date is wrong through contamination or flawed treatment.

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Where it stands

DisputedTwo pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

Independent dating methods give an ancient date.
Re-dating with modern pretreatment gives an ancient date.

What would rule it out

Re-dating of several documented samples yielding a medieval date.

Evidence 2 for · 1 against

Spatial trend in subsample ages suggests unevenly removed contaminants.

Suggestive

FOR

WAXS of a thread matches a first-century Masada linen.

Suggestive

FOR

Textile tests of the dated threads find the main cloth.

Supported

AGAINST

The questions it answers

When was the linen of the Shroud made?

AnsweredNo answer ahead

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The linen is about 2,000 years old and the radiocarbon date is wrong through contamination or flawed… [Answer ANS0CWY2M6W1SX6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY2M6W1SX6

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