Willard Libby tested his radiocarbon dating theory using linen wrappings from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including a peer-reviewed Radiocarbon journal article, Libby's own Nobel lecture, and a University of Chicago news article. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- How Radiocarbon Dating Unlocks Ancient History | HISTORY (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/libby-lecture.pdf (corroboration)
- https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-site-radiocarbon-dating-discovery-named-historic-landmark (corroboration)
- https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/653398/1537-1787-1-PB.pdf?sequence=1 (corroboration)