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All my research on the Shroud seems to come to the conclusion that it would be impossible for it to be a fake. There will always be people that will find it to be unbelievable but I like to stick to the facts.

When the Shroud was cabon-dated they cut a very small piece off an outside corner. The tests revealed that those samples were from the middle ages. Several hundred years after the death of Christ. But it was later discovered that the samples were taken from a place that had been repaired in the 1300's. This accounts for the newer fabric.

Futher examination reveals that the stains on the upper part of the head is in fact human blood stains (I'm not sure but I think they typed it as AB+) and that these blood stains matched the bloodstains on the wrists and feet.

As for the actual image, it has been scientifically concluded not to be paint, plant dye, charcole, ink or any other form of artist's handywork. The pattern has been 'burned' on by some kind of power source, what the source was scientists can't say.

There was also another shroud, a 'twin' shroud that was found in Italy, and it's called the Sudarium. Tests conclude that this shroud has the same pollen as does the Turin shroud, and it has been narrowed down to a small geographical area in the middle east.

We may never know with %100 accuracy if these cloths were Christ's burial clothes, but as testing continues, instead of eliminating it as a possiblity it reinforces its authenticity.
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