Burial cloths were used in some parts of the ancient world to cover bodies before they were entombed.

The title refers to one very unique and famous such specimen.

Brief History

The Shroud was carried from Christ's tomb by St Peter, to Odessa (in modern Turkey).

It was lost, then rediscovered in 944, and brought to Constantinople (now called Istanbul).

In 1204, knights of the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople.

It was brought to France, where Margaret de Charnay transferred it to the Savoy family.

The Shroud was damaged by a fire to the Savoy cathedral in 1532.

The Savoys in 1578 established themselves in Turin, where the shroud remains today.

Facts

- The Shroud contains upon its surface the impression of a male human figure, as though the image

of its ancient occupant is fixed upon the cloth.

- The image is life-sized and detailed, even showing wounds upon the body.

- The photograph of the image yields a negative which actually, is positive.

- Scourge marks on the body correspond exactly with marks left by Roman Army flail called the 'flagrum'.

- The marks do not appear except under UV light, meaning that if it were a forgery, the forger

would have had to paint the marks to be invisible while anticipating UV equipment some 700 years away.

- There are no paint or brush marks upon the Shroud. The images are directionless, meaning that

the entire image was simply fixed upon the cloth.

- The image is made of fibres smaller than a human hair. The picture elements are randomly distributed

like newspaper or magazine images. It would take an incredibly accurate atomic laser to do this.

- There are traces of blood upon the Shroud. Blood highly laced with bilirubin - which would only happen

if the dead man had been very severely beaten before death.

- The image on the Shroud is negative, while the blood marks are positive. The blood has remained red,

undarkened by time and oxidation. This is scientifically unexplainable.

- Dr Max Frei developed the method for placing individuals' locations based on dust and pollen on their

clothes. He has been an international police consultant, as well as scientist. As per his tests, out of 58 types of pollen

present on the Shroud only 17 were native to Europe. The rest were from Palestine and Southern Turkey. In fact,

13 come exclusively from Palestine.

- Images of various flowers (pistacia lentiscus, echinops gallardoti etc.) are captured on the Shroud. All the images show plants that grow

either in Jerusalem, or within 12 miles of it. Whatever Force transferred the body's image to the Shroud did same for objects

wrapped within it.

- Under a VP8 image analyzer, the Shroud is shown to carry 3D images. (Like security marks on banknotes).

- Hebrew practice at the time involved placing coins over the eyes. The Shroud shows a coin image in that location.

The coin has 24 coincidences with the Lepton, a currency issued by Pontius Pilate.

- Blood-flow patterns on the Shroud are consistent with those of a man who spent time with arms in 65 degree

angles from torso. Consistent with crucifixion.

- When a nail is driven into the wrist, the thumb of that hand automatically folds over the palm. This is observed

in the Shroud image.

- The wound in the side of the image corresponds perfectly in size with a Roman spearhead. (In fact, the actual spearhead

to have pierced Christ's side was kept in the Hapsburg House of Treasures, until it was stolen by an Hitler, who thought it

would help him conquer Europe.)


Despite contrary claims, no one has been able to duplicate the Shroud, or describe how it may have been produced.

And they will continue to fail, in denying the authenticity of this, the greatest religious relic of

all time.

"The evidence of a scourged man, who was crucified and died of suffocation is clear cut. The markings on the body

are so clear and so medically accurate that they are in my opinion beyond dispute."
Dr Robert Bucklin

Forensic Pathologist, LA county.