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

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

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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.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** Two 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.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2MPG0A0R/spatial-trend-in-subsample-ages-suggests-unevenly-removed)

Suggestive

FOR

[WAXS of a thread matches a first-century Masada linen.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2MEP188A/waxs-of-a-thread-matches-a-first-century-masada-linen)

Suggestive

FOR

[Textile tests of the dated threads find the main cloth.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2MYA17Z4/textile-tests-of-the-dated-threads-find-the-main-cloth)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[When was the linen of the Shroud made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H1A0BGE/when-was-the-linen-of-the-shroud-made)

AnsweredNo answer ahead

## Cite it

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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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