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There are dozens upon dozens of dumbbell shaped welts and contusions. The
patterns, shapes and size of the wounds are consistent with a Roman flagrum, a
whip of short leather thongs tipped with bits of lead, bronze or bone which tore
into flesh and muscle. There is blood presumably from the flagellation and even a bit of tissue
thought by medical experts to be a torn-out bit of muscle. From the angles of attack -- the way the marks fall on the man’s back,
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scientific study of the Turin shroud is like a microcosm of the
scientific search for God: it does more to inflame any debate than
settle it.”
And yet, the shroud is a remarkable artefact, one of the few religious relics to have a justifiably mythical status. It is simply not known how the ghostly image of a serene, bearded man was made.”
Scientist-Journalist Philip Ball Nature, that most prestigious of scientific journals, that once had bragging rights to claim that the Shroud was fake, responding to new, peer-reviewed studies that discredit the carbon 14 dating and show that the Shroud could be authentic. WHAT WE KNOW IN 2005
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