Shroud of Turin 'is a medieval fake', say Italian scientists
The shroud, measuring 14 feet, 4 inches by 3 feet, 7 inches, bears the image, reversed like a photographic negative, of a crucified man some believers say is Christ.
"We have shown that it is possible to reproduce something which has the same characteristics as the shroud," said Luigi Garlaschelli, a professor of chemistry at the University of Pavia who is due to illustrate the results at a conference on the para-normal this weekend in northern Italy.
The Shroud of Turin shows the back and front of a bearded man with long hair, his arms crossed on his chest, while the entire cloth is marked by what appears to be rivulets of blood from wounds in the wrists, feet and side....
