Scientist Believes Shroud of Turin Enveloped a Real Crucifixion Victim
Shroud of Turin, hands area.
Dr. Michael Tite, the project coordinator who supervised the carbon-14 dating of the Shroud of Turin in 1988, was recently interviewed by the BBC.
Dr. Tite's opinion is that the Shroud is not a painting. He also believes that it is a real shroud which enveloped a real crucifixion victim. The carbon-14 tests dated the linen from which the Shroud is made to the period between 1260 and 1390 AD. If these results are accurate, the man in the Shroud could not be the historical Jesus.
Here is an excerpt from a recent interview on the BBC:
“Interviewer: Is it still a mystery, is it something that scientists haven’t been able to explain?
Dr. Tite: I think a complete replication of the image hasn’t been successfully achieved. I don’t believe it’s the Shroud, but I think it’s highly probable there was a body in there.
Interviewer: It’s an extraordinary image on a piece of cloth. How did the image then got there, in your opinion?
Dr. Tite: Well, I think that, I mean, there is no real evidence for paint. The other oddity is, if you look at every painting from the Middle Ages and later in the Rennaissance, they always paint Christ with the nails going through the palm of the hands and through the top of the foot, sort of thing. Whereas, in reality, if you are going to crucify someone, in order that they stay on the cross, you’ll have to put the nails through the wrists and through the ankles.”
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