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Shroud of Turin2 key questions · 4 questions · 1 answered

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KeyHow was the image made?

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Are the red-brown stains blood?

Most likelyThe stains are blood

KeyWhen was the linen of the Shroud made?

AnsweredThe linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.

Is the heterogeneity in the 1988 raw data a sign of a wrong date?

Most likelyThe heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval…