This headline caught my eye today: “Turin shroud makes rare appearance on TV amid claims that it is not a forgery.” Why, you ask? Â Because last year at precisely this time — Easter — basically the same sort of story ran. I blogged it here under...
Shroud of Turin
Is “Jesus Archaeology” Becoming Like Professional Wrestling?
That was the thought that hit me after reading “Scientists say Turin Shroud is Supernatural.” Now, you all know that I’m interested in the Shroud of Turin. (How could I not be when I write a blog like this?) Despite my ambivalence toward the object...
Dueling Turin Shroud Studies
Yesterday on Dec 19, an Italian scientific team published the results of a study that they believe demonstrates the authenticity of the Turin Shroud. The UK Telegraph reports that the team “conducted a series of advanced experiments which, they claim, show that...
New Evidence for a 14th Century Shroud of Turin Date
Before you say, “well that’s obvious,” you should be aware that there is serious science behind the idea that the C-14 dating for the shroud is suspect due to contamination (see The DNA of God?: Newly Discovered Secrets of the Shroud of Turin; the...
Turin Shroud Site from the BBC
There’s a nice link within this article to a (sort of) interactive display of the shroud. Nicely done.