How old is it? (Forum).(Brief Article)

I was disappointed by your reference to the Shroud of Turin. I recall that you ran an article on the carbon-14 dating of the shroud shortly after the work at the University of Arizona in 1988. It was a fair representation of the scientists' work. In 1996, however, Leoncio Garza-Valdes, a doctor from San Antonio, said he found bacteria on the sample, casting doubt on the process used to date the shroud.

TONY B. SARSAM

Dublin, California

Your article on the methods of estimating age mentioned the Shroud of Turin as 610 to 740 years old based on carbon-14 dating tests. This ...

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