Mystery AtlasRadiocarbon Dating
The technique that dates organic material by its carbon-14 decay; the decisive test applied to the Voynich manuscript's vellum, the Shroud of Turin's linen, and many disputed artefacts.
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Objects & Artifacts
- Voynich Manuscriptvellum dated 1404–1438
Radiocarbon Dating was used to analyse Voynich Manuscript — University of Arizona dating in 2009 placed the vellum at 1404–1438 with 95% confidence, ruling out a modern forgery on new material.
Radiocarbon Dating was used to analyse Shroud of Turin — The 1988 test by laboratories in Oxford, Zurich, and Tucson dated the linen to 1260–1390 (Nature, 1989); authenticity advocates dispute the sampling area.
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What Is the Voynich Manuscript?
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