They then added blood stains, burn holes, scorches and water stains to achieve the final effect. He believes the pigment on the original Shroud faded naturally over the centuries. The pigment was then artificially aged by heating the cloth in an oven and washing it, a process which removed it from the surface but left a fuzzy, half-tone image similar to that on the Shroud. They placed a linen sheet flat over a volunteer and then rubbed it with a pigment containing traces of acid. Garlaschelli reproduced the full-sized shroud using materials and techniques that were available in the middle ages. Sceptics said it was a hoax, possibly made to attract the profitable medieval pilgrimage business.īut scientists have thus far been at a loss to explain how the image was left on the cloth. The Shroud of Turin shows the back and front of a bearded man with long hair, his arms crossed on his chest, while the entire cloth is marked by what appears to be rivulets of blood from wounds in the wrists, feet and side.Ĭarbon dating tests by laboratories in Oxford, Zurich and Tucson, Arizona in 1988 caused a sensation by dating it from between 12. “We have shown that is possible to reproduce something which has the same characteristics as the Shroud,” Luigi Garlaschelli, who is due to illustrate the results at a conference on the para-normal this weekend in northern Italy, said on Monday.Ī professor of organic chemistry at the University of Pavia, Garlaschelli made available to Reuters the paper he will deliver and the accompanying comparative photographs. The shroud, measuring 14 feet, 4 inches by 3 feet, 7 inches (4.4 by 1.2 metres) bears the image, eerily reversed like a photographic negative, of a crucified man some believers say is Christ. The Italian Committee for Checking Claims on the Paranormal said Monday that scientists have reproduced the shroud using materials and methods that were available in the 14th century….ROME - An Italian scientist says he has reproduced the Shroud of Turin, a feat that he says proves definitively that the linen some Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s burial cloth is a medieval fake. Believers say Christ’s image was recorded on the fibers at the time of his resurrection. The shroud bears the image of a crucified man. Italian group claims to debunk Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin is also not consistent with Gospel accounts of Jesus’ burial, which clearly refer to multiple cloths and a separate napkin over his face.” This is verified by recent scientific investigation which found paint in the image areas. Shortly after the Shroud emerged it was declared a fake by the bishop who discovered the artist. The Shroud of Turin is one of the many relics manufactured for profit during the Middle Ages. “There were at least 26 ‘authentic’ burial shrouds scattered throughout the abbeys of Europe, of which the Shroud of Turin is just one…. In its quest to create a religion to gain power and wealth, the Church forgery mill did not limit itself to mere writings but for centuries cranked out thousands of phony “relics” of its “Lord,” “Apostles” and “Saints.” Although true believers desperately keep attempting to prove otherwise, through one implausible theory after another, the Shroud of Turin is counted among this group of frauds: The Shroud of Turin and Other “Holy Relics” Years ago I posted an article on the shroud: Gee, what a surprise! You mean science has finally proved that the Shroud of Turin is a fake? This notion has been batted around for centuries, based on numerous factors, so it comes as no surprise to those of us who are not believers in the Christian myth as “history.”
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