Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth that tradition associates with the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, has undergone numerous scientific tests, the most notable of which is radiocarbon dating, in an attempt to determine the relic's authenticity. In 1988, scientists at three separate laboratories dated samples from the Shroud to a range of 1260–1390 AD, which coincides with the first certain appearance of the shroud in the 1350s and is much later than the burial of Jesus in 30 or 33 AD. Aspects of the 1988 test continue to be debated, with the various attempts to overturn the radiocarbon results being unsuccessful. Despite some technical concerns that have been raised about radiocarbon dating of the Shroud, no radiocarbon-dating expert has asserted that the dating is substantially unreliable, and the laboratories continue to support the results. In 2019, an editor of Nature (the journal in which the radiocarbon dating study was published) stated that "Nothing published so far on the shroud...
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