{"id":64,"date":"2009-10-06T06:42:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T06:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/scientist-claims-hes-reproduced-shroud-of-turin.html"},"modified":"2009-10-06T06:42:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T06:42:51","slug":"scientist-claims-hes-reproduced-shroud-of-turin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/scientist-claims-hes-reproduced-shroud-of-turin.html","title":{"rendered":"Scientist claims he’s reproduced Shroud of Turin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"capt.3d1ba33463204fb2b4719671358cc0ff.italy_shroud_of_turin_rom123.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>The age-old debate about the authenticity of one of the world”s most famous religious relics now has a new wrinkle.  <\/p>\n

From  Reuters<\/a>: <\/p>\n

An Italian scientist says he has reproduced the Shroud of Turin<\/span>,
\na feat that he says proves definitively that the linen some Christians
\nrevere as Jesus Christ’s burial cloth is a medieval fake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe shroud, measuring 14 feet, 4 inches by 3 feet, 7 inches bears the
\nimage, eerily reversed like a photographic negative, of a crucified man
\nsome believers say is Christ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\n“We have shown that is possible to reproduce something which has the
\nsame characteristics as the Shroud,” Luigi Garlaschelli, who is due to
\nillustrate the results at a conference on the para-normal this weekend
\nin northern Italy, said on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nA professor of organic chemistry<\/span> at the University of Pavia<\/span>, Garlaschelli made available to Reuters the paper he will deliver and the accompanying comparative photographs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe Shroud of Turin<\/span> shows the back and front of a bearded man<\/span>
\nwith long hair, his arms crossed on his chest, while the entire cloth
\nis marked by what appears to be rivulets of blood from wounds in the
\nwrists, feet and side.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nCarbon dating tests by laboratories in Oxford, Zurich and Tucson,
\nArizona in 1988 caused a sensation by dating it from between 1260 and
\n1390. Sceptics said it was a hoax, possibly made to attract the
\nprofitable medieval pilgrimage business.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nBut scientists have thus far been at a loss to explain how the image was left on the cloth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nGarlaschelli reproduced the full-sized shroud using materials and techniques that were available in the middle ages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThey placed a linen sheet flat over a volunteer and then rubbed it with
\na pigment containing traces of acid. A mask was used for the face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe pigment was then artificially aged by heating the cloth in an oven
\nand washing it, a process which removed it from the surface but left a
\nfuzzy, half-tone image similar to that on the Shroud. He believes the
\npigment on the original Shroud faded naturally over the centuries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThey then added blood stains<\/span>, burn holes, scorches and water stains to achieve the final effect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe Catholic Church<\/span>
\ndoes not claim the Shroud is authentic nor that it is a matter of
\nfaith, but says it should be a powerful reminder of Christ’s passion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nOne of Christianity’s most disputed relics, it is locked away at Turin Cathedral<\/span> in Italy and rarely exhibited. It was last on display in 2000 and is due to be shown again next year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nGarlaschelli expects people to contest his findings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\n“If they don’t want to believe carbon dating done by some of the
\nworld’s best laboratories they certainly won’t believe me,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe accuracy of the 1988 tests was challenged by some hard-core
\nbelievers who said restorations of the Shroud in past centuries had
\ncontaminated the results.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe history of the Shroud is long and controversial.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nAfter surfacing in the Middle East and France, it was brought by Italy’s former royal family, the Savoys, to their seat in Turin<\/span> in 1578. In 1983 ex-King Umberto II bequeathed it to the late Pope John Paul<\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\nThe Shroud narrowly escaped destruction in 1997 when a fire ravaged the
\nGuarini Chapel of the Turin cathedral where it is held. The cloth was
\nsaved by a fireman who risked his life.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

Garlaschelli received funding for his work by an Italian
\nassociation of atheists and agnostics but said it had no effect on his
\nresults.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\n“Money has no odor,” he said. “This was done scientifically. If the Church wants to fund me in the future, here I am.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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