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The Shroud of Turin
A single piece of cloth bears the faint image of a crucified man — and carbon dating placed it in the Middle Ages.
The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the faint image of a man showing wounds consistent with crucifixion, venerated by some as Jesus's burial shroud. A 1988 radiocarbon dating placed its origin between 1260 and 1390 AD, a finding believers have disputed ever since.
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Quick facts
- →The image reads far more clearly as a photographic negative than to the naked eye — discovered by accident in 1898.
- →Three independent labs carbon-dated the cloth to 1260-1390 AD in 1988.
- →Believers argue the tested sample came from a medieval repair patch, not the original cloth.
- →The Catholic Church has permitted very little additional destructive testing since 1988, so the dispute has never been definitively resolved.
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Shroud of Turin (artwork)
Linen cloth bearing a faint image of a crucified man, venerated by some as Jesus's burial shroud.
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Secondo Pia (person)
Photographer who in 1898 discovered the image's photographic-negative properties.
→ photographed and revealed negative-image effect of → Shroud of Turin✓documented