Scientists just uncovered something that challenges decades of carbon dating assumptions.
For years, the Shroud of Turin has sparked fierce debate between believers who see it as Christ’s burial cloth and skeptics who point to 1988 radiocarbon tests dating it to medieval times. That seemed to settle things—until now.
Recent research suggests those famous tests might have gotten it wrong, and the reasons why are forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about this ancient relic.