“A 2,000 Year Old Relic”: Researchers Date ‘Shroud of Turin’ to Time of Christ With Groundbreaking Blood & X-Ray Analysis
Guest post by Miriam Judith.
A potentially historic new study has been published in the journal Heritage, placing the biblical mystery that is the Shroud of Turin at the center of controversy once again.
The ancient fabric, also known as the ‘Holy Shroud,’ first emerged in the 15th century and has since been revered by many Christians as the burial cloth that Jesus Christ was wrapped in following his crucifixion.
Imprinted on the linen shroud is the silhouette of a man, who appears to have been subject to the same brutal crucifixion process as Jesus of Nazareth, leading many to believe for centuries that the man on the cloth is Christ Himself.
