US EditionNew Findings Suggest Shroud of Turin Did Not Hold Jesus' Body
METROPOLITAN CITY OF TURIN, PIEDMONT, AUG 4 – Digital 3D modeling by Cicero Moraes suggests the Shroud of Turin image aligns with a low-relief sculpture, supporting medieval origin theories and challenging authenticity claims.
- Recent 3D research by Cicero Moraes, published in Archaeometry last month, suggests the Shroud of Turin may result from contact with a low-relief sculpture instead of a human body.
- Despite religious claims, 1989 radiocarbon dating suggested the Shroud was made between 1260 and 1390, well after Jesus’s time.
- Modeling revealed that the low-relief sculpture model matched the Shroud's contours with less distortion, Moraes wrote in a study published last month.
- Yet debate, the guardians of the Shroud dispute the study’s claim to disprove its origins, citing long-standing skepticism from the International Center of Sindonology.
- Future studies suggest digital technologies may help address the Shroud of Turin mystery, but contact-imprint theories remain speculative without real-world demonstration, researchers say.
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New findings suggest Shroud of Turin did not hold Jesus' body
Did the Shroud of Turin really hold Jesus Christ’s crucified body? The long-time debate is now perhaps settled with the help of 3D technology, at least according to one study, and it may not be the answer believers were seeking. The finding Researchers now theorize that the Shroud of Turin was not the result of an imprint from a human body, but rather that of a “low-relief” sculpture. The finding was revealed in a study published in the journal…
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