Abstract The Turin Shroud is a widely studied textile bearing the image of a human figure. Since the radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating conducted in 1988 by three accelerator mass spectrometry laboratories, which yielded a date range of 1260–1390 CE, the results have been the subject of ongoing debate. Various hypotheses have been proposed to challenge the validity of these dates. Here, we present a brief overview of the controversy surrounding the 14 C measurements and report a textile analysis of two fragments removed as samples for 14 C dating by the University of Arizona. These are compared with control textiles distributed to the participating laboratories. The results indicate that the analyzed fragments are consistent with the main body of the Shroud and show no evidence of contamination. These findings contribute to ongoing discussions regarding sampling integrity and provide further insight into the textile characteristics of the Turin Shroud.
Freer-Waters et al. (Sat,) studied this question.