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What is the Shroud of
Turin?
The shroud is a long piece of cloth that many people believe was the
burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.
It is perhaps the most enigmatic, most studied archeological artifact
in history. So far, there is no empirical proof, scientific or
historical, that it is or is not authentic.
Despite extensive and sophisticated testing, there are two
mysteries that remain unsolved:
- How old is it?
- How were the faint, ghostly, front and backside images of a man
created on the cloth?
It is perfectly natural to be skeptical and believe that it is fake.
But the preponderance of evidence suggests otherwise.
Didn't carbon 14 dating prove that is was a fake?
There are two basic problems with the carbon dating:
- The lack of any vanillin in the cloth's fibers, as is the case
with linen wrappings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, shows that the cloth
is at least twice as old as the carbon date.
- The sample used is chemically unlike the rest of the cloth.
There is evidence that the sample may have included as much as 50%
newer material, possibly from mending. There is considerable
forensic evidence of medieval "invisible reweaving."
>> More on the carbon 14
dating
Isn't there speculation that Leonardo da Vinci created the images
using photography?
It is difficult to scientifically or historically justify this idea.
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