Here's a few issues with the Liberato De Caro study on the shroud;
“The degree of natural aging of the cellulose that constitutes the linen of the investigated sample, obtained by X-ray analysis, showed that the [Turin Shroud] fabric is much older than the seven centuries proposed by the 1988 radiocarbon dating”, De Caro and his team write.
However, the authors stress that their results can only be accurate if future research finds evidence that the relic was kept safely at an average room temperature of around 22°C (71.6 °F) with a relative humidity of about 55 percent for 1,300 years before it appeared in the historical record.''
''Despite the interesting implications suggested by De Caro’s results, there are some reasons for caution. Firstly, aspects of De Caro’s work and the broader debate over the Shroud’s authenticity have caused controversy in the past. In 2018, a paper co-authored by De Caro and his colleagues was
retracted by the journal PLOS One after the quality of the research was brought into question.''
''Significantly, the authors of the study failed to declare that they were provided the sample by the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association, an organization that supports the belief that the Shroud is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus. As such, the author's bias could not be discounted.''
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