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[[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]]

[[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]]

The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world.  It is a piece of burial cloth which dates to about the time of Jesus, with what appears to have imprinted on it the face of a man, and blood stains.  

The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world.  It is a piece of burial cloth having attributes from the time and place of Jesus, with what appears to have imprinted on it the face of a man and blood stains.  

There is overwhelming [[forensic]] evidence on the Shroud indicating that it is the image of man who was unusually both [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described of Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without the breaking of the victim's legs as was sometimes done to expedite the execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref>  The bloodstains on the Shroud were formed before the image was made, suggesting that the image was formed by a kind of flash of light after death.  The image is scientifically precise in a way unknown to any medieval forgers: the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrist, not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century.<ref name="Forensics"/>

There is overwhelming [[forensic]] evidence on the Shroud indicating that it is the image of man who was unusually both [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described of Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without the breaking of the victim's legs as was sometimes done to expedite the execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref>  The bloodstains on the Shroud were formed before the image was made, suggesting that the image was formed by a kind of flash of light after death.  The image is scientifically precise in a way unknown to any medieval forgers: the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrist, not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century.<ref name="Forensics"/>