<p><a href=“http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10767322.htm?1c[/url]”>http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10767322.htm?1c</a></p>
<p>If you are not of the Christian faith, please don’t be offended by this thread. I just thought this was interesting.</p>
<p>Husband has no doubt it is original. Following any programs on the World History channel? Facinating. I’ve been to Italy, saint bones in boxes all over the place! Would love to see the Holy Land someday. Are pilgrims going there now?</p>
<p>bluealienn - I can’t get the link to come up. What did the article say?</p>
<p>I didn’t go to that link because it was subscription, but you can find several articles on it by googling “shroud of turin” and then going to today’s stories or news stories or whatever the link is that lists recent articles.</p>
<p>Very interesting. I have no strong views one way or the other on this, but I do find it quite interesting. It would be really exciting if it proved to be authentic.</p>
<p>Backhand, I’ve been to the Holy Land and I must say, it shattered many of my mind’s pictures of the “bible stories.” Example: The “Sea” of Gallilee is more of a lake than a “sea.” Strangely, though, after visiting, I went back and re-read the Bible with a new appreciation. It is something I think everyone - no matter what religion - should do at least once.</p>
<p>Hayden, Susantm-- it didn’t say subscription for me. :/</p>
<p>Here are some similar links. Maybe you can access them.:</p>
<p><a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4210369.stm[/url]”>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4210369.stm</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050124/shroud.html[/url]”>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050124/shroud.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://news.google.com/news?q=NEWS++shroud+of+turin&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr[/url]”>http://news.google.com/news?q=NEWS++shroud+of+turin&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr</a></p>
<p>Basically this guy redid all of the scientific work and found out the the radiocarbon dating of 1988 was correct, however, the sample they used in 1988 was from a REWOVEN part of the shroud. Apparently the shroud was fixed sometime. So the first dating of the rewoven part was correct, but the original part of the shroud was much older–between 1,300 and 3,000 years old.</p>
<p>** Here is what I found very interesting. I hadn’t heard this before **</p>
<p>Text from <a href=“http://www.shroudstory.com/faq/[/url]”>http://www.shroudstory.com/faq/</a></p>
<p>"The Shroud’s images are superficial and fully contained within a thin layer of starch fractions and saccharides that coats the outermost fibers of the Shroud. The coloration is a caramel-like product or the product of an amino/carbonyl reaction. Where there is no image, the carbohydrate coating is clear. There is also a very faint image of the face on the reverse side of the Shroud which lines up with the image on the front of the cloth. There is no image content between the two superficial image layers indicating that nothing soaked through to form the image on the other side. "<a href=“this%20is%20the%20miracle”>b</a>**</p>
<p>"Until recently, it was widely believed that the images on the Shroud of Turin were produced by something which resulted in oxidation, dehydration and conjugation of the polysaccharide structure of the fibers of the linen itself. This has been shown to be incorrect. The coating, whether imaged or clear, can be reduced with diimide or removed with adhesive leaving clear cellulose fiber. </p>
<p>The images as they appear on the Shroud are said to be negative because when photographed the resulting negative is a positive image. </p>
<p>The Turin Shroud was examined with visible and ultraviolet spectrometry, infrared spectrometry, x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, thermography, pyrolysis-mass-spectrometry, laser*microprobe Raman analyses, and microchemical testing. No evidence for pigments (paint, dye or stains) or artist’s media was found anywhere on the Shroud."</p>
<p>It was thought the Leonardo Da Vinci put his own face/body on the cloth.</p>