Shroud of Turin really is 2,000 years old, new study suggests

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Shroud of Turin really is 2,000 years old, new study suggests

Researchers in Italy announced a new discovery regarding a linen cloth some believe was a burial shroud for ****** *******.

The team examined a sample from the Shroud of Turin and determined that it could be 2,000 years old, Newsweek reported, citing a study published in the journal Heritage.

Scientists inspected this ancient cloth using a method known as Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering. The group used this technique on a tiny sample from the Shroud, which is in the Cathedral of St. John the ******** in Turin, Italy.

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Citing the study, Newsweek noted that the researchers said the results of their inspection of the cloth were compatible with measurements collected from a linen sample dating from A.D. 55-74, and consistent with the theory that the Shroud is a 2,000-year-old relic.

Newsweek noted that this latest report does not explain whether the artifact was indeed ******’ burial shroud, but researchers determined that its age is consistent with his time.

Through the years, scientists have studied the Shroud of Turin, which is a centuries-old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man that many believe is ****** of Nazareth imprinted on the cloth, while some experts in studies have claimed the artifact is a

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Researchers concluded in their report that a more accurate X-ray probe of more samples taken from the Shroud of Turin fabric is needed to confirm the results of their study.

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