carbon 14 flaws

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  • 1)  Cotton fibers encrusted with gum mordants. There are no cotton fibers elsewhere on the Shroud.
  • 2)  Obvious spliced older and newer threads. The newer thread contains cotton fiber. The older thread does not.
  • 3)  Madder root dyestuff found in C14 site but not elsewhere on the Shroud.
  • 4)  Vanillin (natural vanilla) exists in C14 site but not elsewhere on the cloth. Vanillin, disappears over time. Measurements of the chemical rate for loss of vanillin estimates an age of at least 1300 years as opposed to 600 years by C14 testing.

    For an explanation, see Carbon 14 Testing.

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