In fact, Mattingly and his colleague Leoncio Garza-Valdes have found several different species of bacteria colonizing pieces of the Shroud, including some organisms that had never been seen before.

Among the research indicating a medieval origin for the Shroud is pivotal radiocarbon study conducted in the late 1980s, which concluded that the linen dates to between A.D. 1260 and A.D. 1390 ...

The team also compared the shroud with samples from linens manufactured between 1260 and 1390 AD, finding none were a match. 'To make the present result compatible with that of the 1988 ...

The Shroud of Turin is a 14-foot-long linen cloth with a faint image of a crucified man. ... Archaeologists discover long-lost ancient Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years; ...

The Shroud of Turin, a centuries-old linen cloth that many believe was used to wrap Jesus’ body after crucifixion, is unlikely to be from Biblical times, hi-tech new research asserts.

And yet, when Flury-Lemberg finally did agree to head the restoration and conservation of the linen in the summer of 2002, the Shroud had a far different story to tell her.

For Mr. Petitfils, the Holy Shroud is infinitely more than a yellowed rectangular linen sheet, 4.42 meters long and 1.13 meters wide, bearing the blurred image (front and back) of a man with ...

The shroud of Turin is a large piece of linen cloth that was used to wrap the body of Jesus Christ, according to those who believe in it. The cloth contains a faint image, which people have ...

The 2015 Exposition of the Shroud of Turin begins in the Turin Cathedral, Italy. The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth with the image of a man. It is considered an important relic by the Christ.

The Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth 14 feet by 3 feet, contains the image of a man who was badly scourged, was crucified, wore a crown of thorns, and was stabbed in the chest with a Roman lance.