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Third printing. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket, staining in the lower gutter of the pages at preliminaries and at rear page 239 to the end. "Can the shroud be traced back past the fourteenth century? Although Wilson offers thoughtful speculation on these topics, he makes his strongest points with physical evidence. Pointing out that a newly discovered "bioplastic" coating, which is made up of living organisms and has been found on other ancient artifacts, is also present on the shroud, he shows why carbon dating could be off by as much as a thousand years in this case. Despite his belief in the shroud, Wilson is always respectful of those who oppose him, and to his credit, he demolishes conspiracy theories arguing that the 1988 carbon dating was performed on doctored samples. "--Booklist. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!