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The Shroud contains real blood stains consisting of human male DNA, and a blood type that is AB. The height of the man was 5' 11"; his weight, about 170 pounds.
[[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 a long cloth presently kept in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in [[Turin]], Italy, which contains the image of a [[crucifixion|crucified]] man<ref>[http://www.shroud.com/]</ref>, with many believing it to be the actual burial cloth of [[Jesus Christ]].
The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is a long cloth presently kept in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in [[Turin]], Italy, which contains the image of a [[crucifixion|crucified]] man,<ref>[http://www.shroud.com/]</ref> with many believing it to be the actual burial cloth of [[Jesus Christ]]. The Shroud contains real blood stains consisting of human male DNA, and a blood type that is AB. The height of the man was 5' 11"; his weight, about 170 pounds.
There is overwhelming forensic evidence on the Shroud indicating that it is the image of man who was both scourged and crucified, yet (as described in the Bible) without the breaking of the victim's leg as commonly done as part of the punishment.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref> The bloodstains on the Shroud were formed before the image was made. 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 both scourged and crucified, yet (as described in the Bible) without the breaking of the victim's leg as commonly done as part of the punishment.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref> The bloodstains on the Shroud were formed before the image was made. 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"/>