... totally unknown in the Middle Ages. It also contradicts other documentation pointing ! to a Middle East origin between 29 to 33 AD. The validity of the C-14 tests is now being seriously questioned due to issues of improper protocol such as relying only on one sample site for the text, the possible contamination of the sample, ... no spectral characteristics of stains, dyes or pigments were detected in the image and non-image areas and therefore no typical artistic substances are on the cloth. Tests on the Ultraviolet Fluorescene resulted that there was no evidence of aromatic acids and th...

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