1. The Shroud Center
8840 Warner Avenue
Fountain Valley, Ca 92708
Suite 200
714.375.5723
shroudcentersocal.com
 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample

Los Alamos Scientist Proves 1988 Carbon-14 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample
Presented by
The Shroud Center of Southern
California

2. Presented by
The Shroud Center of Southern
California
August Accetta M.D., Founder
1 Introduction
2 Science & Dating
3 History, Art & Dating
4 The Passion
5 What is the image?

3. August Accetta M.D., Founder
 Medical Degree from
Marquette University 1986
 Residency at UCLA
Medical Center
 Board certified in
Obstetrics &
Laser Surgery

4.  A scientific research and exhibit center
founded in 1996
 Our purpose is to perform advanced
research on the image on the Shroud
 Dr. Accetta is part of an international
team of physicians and scientists who
have published over 400 peer-reviewed
papers on the Shroud
 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample

Los Alamos Scientist Proves 1988 Carbon-14 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample
The Shroud Center of Southern
California

5. Orange County Register
Sunday October 21, 2007
Front Page:
“Doctor Submits Shroud of Turin
to Scientific Method”
“Dr. August Accetta tests
his belief in the shroud's
authenticity with nuclear
medicine and showcases
the results in his Fountain
Valley museum.”

8. Part 1
Introduction
To
The Shroud

9. St. John The Baptist Cathedral Turin, Italy

13. The Markings on the Shroud

15. The Markings on the Shroud

16. The
Markings
on
the Shroud

18. Part 2
Science
and
The
Shroud

19. 1978 Shroud Exhibition, Turin

20. Team of 26 Scientists
1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project

21. 1978 Shroud of Turin Reseach Team

28. Dr. Alan Adler, Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut U :
 The blood stains are real human blood
 The blood contains bilirubin which the body
produces under severe trauma
 Bilirubin makes the blood a bright red that
stays red over time
Is the Blood on the Shroud Real Blood?

30. Body Image Blood

31. The Shroud displays
Forensics NOT discovered
until 1800s:
 Anatomically correct image
 Arterial vs venal blood flows
 Signs of rigor mortis
 No signs of decomposition
Forensics

33. Dr. Avi Danin, Professor of Botany
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thorny Plant
•Pollen found in quantity around
head area of Shroud
•Found only near Jerusalem
•Blooms only in springtime
Gundelia Tournefortii

35. "It is widely accepted that the Shroud of
Turin is the single most studied artifact
in human history.”
Science and The Shroud

36. 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project
Official Conclusions
1981

37. 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project
Official Conclusions
1981
• The Shroud image is that of a real human form
of a scourged, crucified man.
• The blood stains are composed of hemoglobin.
• No pigments, paints, or dyes have been found
on the fibrils.
• The Shroud image is not the product of an artist.

38. 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project
Official Conclusions
1981
• One must have an explanation which is
scientifically sound, from a physical, chemical,
biological and medical viewpoint.
• There are no chemical or physical methods
known which can account for the totality
of the image.

39. • 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project

40. • 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project
• 1988 Carbon Dating

41. 1
9
8
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42. 1988 Carbon Dating

43. 1988

45. CSI comes to the Shroud

46. Cutting Carbon Dating Sample 1988
What About the 1988 Carbon Dating ?

47. Cutting Carbon Dating Sample 1988
What About the 1988 Carbon Dating ?
Dr. Ray Rogers

48. Cutting Carbon Dating Sample 1988
What About the 1988 Carbon Dating ?
Dr. Ray Rogers Sue BenfordVS

49. Cutting Carbon Dating Sample 1988
What About the 1988 Carbon Dating ?
Chief
Chemist,
Los Alamos
National Labs
Head of 1988
Carbon Dating
Dr. Ray Rogers Sue BenfordVS

50. Cutting Carbon Dating Sample 1988
What About the 1988 Carbon Dating ?
Chief
Chemist,
Los Alamos
National Labs
Head of 1988
Carbon Dating
Dr. Ray Rogers Sue Benford
Nurse
VS

51. Carbon Dating Sample
Taken near SIDE STRIP
L
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52. New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

53. 1988 Carbon Sample:
Contamination &
Discoloration from Glues and
Dyes from Medieval Side Strip
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

54. Cotton fiber from 1988 Carbon Sample
1 The Shroud linen is flax
2 There is no cotton in the main part of the Shroud.
Cotton from SIDE STRIP in 1988 test sample
completely invalidates the 1988 carbon dating:
This finding has been confirmed
by a team of 9 scientists at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

55. Robert Villareal, Chemist, leader of team of 9
scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory 2005:
• The 1988 carbon 14 dating process failed to recognize
one of the first rules of analytical chemistry…”
• “Any sample taken…. must be representative of the
whole.”
• “Our analyses of the 3 thread samples taken from the
C-14 sampling showed that this was NOT the case.”
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

56. • National Geographic, 2004
“There is now definitive chemical evidence that the
test samples were cut from a medieval repair
patch.”
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2005
“Scientist Ray Rogers proves 1988 carbon-14 dating
used an invalid rewoven sample from the medieval
side strip.”
• Beta Analytic, 2005
The world’s largest carbon dating firm:
“Newer thread from patches in the sample…
make a first century date possible.”
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

57. Dr. Ray Rogers, Chemist and thermal expert,
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
• Levels of vanillin in material such as linen fall over time.
• Vanillin cannot be detected within the Dead Sea scrolls
or other very old linens
• "A determination of the kinetics of vanillin loss
suggests the Shroud is between 1,300 and 3,000 years
old."
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

58. Mechthild Flury Lemberg,
Textile Expert
“The Shroud cloth corresponds
to fabric found at Masada which
dates to the 1st
Century."
Gilbert Raes,
Ghent Textile Institute
"The Shroud herringbone
weave pattern is consistent
with Syrian design in
1st
Century.”
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

59. Gulio Fanti, Professor of Chemical
Engineering Padua University
On the basis of 3 separate tests:
-Mechanical,
-Chemical
-Optical
Results show that the Shroud dates to:
• First Century:
• With a mean of 250 years
New Evidence 1988 Carbon Dating

60. Part 3
Early History,
Art & the
Shroud

61. Is the Shroud A Clever Medieval
Forgery?

62. Is the Shroud A Clever Medieval
Forgery?
First Exhibited in Lirey France in 1355

63. Born
1475
The Shroud displays advanced artistic
techniques FAR beyond…
Leonardo or Michelangelo
Born
1452
First Exhibited
1355

64. Is the Shroud A Clever Medieval Forgery?
The Shroud displays Artistic
Techniques NOT discovered
until 1700s:
 Accurate proportions
 3-D Modeling
 Foreshortening

65. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?

66. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
1205 Sack of Constantinople
"they have taken
many relics, including
the linen in which our
Lord was wrapped”

67. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
1192
Pray
Codex
Jesus wrapped in cloth
with
Herringbone weave
Markings match Shroud

68. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
944
Constantinople
“A full-length
image of Christ
with bloodstains”

69. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
769
Pope Stephan III
“A cloth on which the glorious image of our Lord’s
face and the length of his body was so divinely
transformed that is was sufficient for those who
could not see the Lord’s body in the flesh to see
the transfiguration made on the cloth.”

70. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
695 Justinian II Coin
132 Points of Congruence to Shroud
*Legal court standard is 60 Congruent points

71. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
600 Christ Pantocrater "Almighty"
170
Points of
Congruence
To Shroud

73. Shroudof Turin

74. Shroudof Turin

75. Shroudof Turin

77. Are there Earlier References to the
Shroud Prior to 1355?
544
“Cloth of Edessa”
“Image of Christ,
of divine origin,
not made by
human hands”

78. 325 .A.D
“The holy sacrifice of the Mass is to be celebrated
on a cloth of linen consecrated by the Bishop,
as if it were the clean Shroud of Christ.”
Pope
Sylvester
Emperor
Constantine
327 bishops

79. 1355
1204
33
600
Shroud Timeline
169
4

80. P
A
R
T
3

91. Shroudof Turin

97. Gospel account Bible Ref Shroud evidence
1. Jesus
was Scourged
Matt. 27:26 120 severe scourge wounds
2. Struck in the face Mt. 27:30 Swelling of right eye; nose
broken.
3. “Crowned' with
thorns
Matt. 27:29 Bleeding from the scalp
4. Carried a Cross Jn 19:17 Shoulder wounds
5. Cross carried for
him
Mt.27:32 Knees severely injured from
repeated falls.
6. Crucified by nailing
hand and feet
Jn 20:25 Blood flows from nail wounds in
the wrists and feet.
7. Spear in his side,
legs not broken
Jn 19:31 Wound on right side inflicted by
a Roman lance. The legs are
not broken

98. Isaiah 53:5
“But he was pierced for our offenses,
crushed for our sins, upon him was the
chastisement that makes us whole,
by his stripes we were healed.”

99. PART 5
What is the Image
on the Shroud?

100. Is the Shroud a type of painting?

101. Official 1978 Scientific Conclusion:
“The image does not reside in any applied pigment.”

102. What is the Image?
The Shroud is NOT a:
 Painting
 Scorch
 Contact image

103. Shroud Image
First Photographed in 1898
Secondo Pia

110. IF….
the Shroud is NOT a:
 Painting
 Scorch
 Contact image
Then…WHAT is it ??

112. Nuclear energy can create images...

115. Nuclear energy can create images
similar to….the Shroud

117. Is the Shroud
A nuclear imageWas the
Shroud
image
formed
in a similar
way?

123. Dr. Accetta’s nuclear
imaging experiments
demonstrate
that….
“Radiant light / energy
is the most likely cause
for the image on the
Shroud”

124. The Shroud also has
3D information encoded
in the image

125. The Shroud also has
3D information encoded
in the image

126. In Conclusion…
The Shroud is a NEGATIVE image…
Of a REAL human body
On a ANCIENT linen
Produced by a LIGHT / ENERGY Source

127. In Conclusion…
The Shroud is a NEGATIVE image…
Of a REAL human body
On a ANCIENT linen
Produced by a LIGHT / ENERGY Source
That when analyzed by MODERN
technology…
Reveals a POSITIVE Image
With THREE DIMENSIONAL properties

129. 325 .A.D
Nicene Creed
We believe in one
Lord, Jesus Christ,
The only Son of God,
Eternally begotten of
the Father,
God from God,
Light from Light…

134. Breaking Shroud NEWS
2015 Shroud Exhibition
April 19 thru June 24
TURIN, Feb. 27 - The exposition of the Holy
Shroud in Turin was established by the
Executive Council today to coordinate the work
of preparation, indicating that the period of the
exposition (67 days) is longer than in the past
and planned for the Pope's visit to Turin.

135. Examine The Shroud on your iPhone or iPad

136. The Shroud Center
8840 Warner Avenue
Fountain Valley, Ca 92708
Suite 200
714.375.5723
shroudcentersocal.com
 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample

Los Alamos Scientist Proves 1988 Carbon-14 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven Sample
Presented by
The Shroud Center of Southern
California