![]() ![]() In Middle East, in ancient times, aromatic oils and aromas such as aloe and myrrh were used. The corpses enveloped in a burial cloth are sprinkled with aromatic substances with the aim to dehydrate and to delay their decomposition. See the image of the front and back of the image on the Shroud. Other scholars have confirmed the presence of aromas and/or burial ointments on the Shroud. Boi found that some of the pollen found is associated with the oils used in embalming and anointing. Another study by the late Alan and Mary Whanger entitled “Flora of the Shroud of Turin” further supported the presence of pollen local to Israel on the Shroud. Danin analyzed pollen that was taken from the Shroud, finding the presence of a unique combination of flower species that were present in Jerusalem in April and May. The disappearance of all traces of vanillin from the lignin in the shroud indicates a much older age than the radiocarbon laboratories reported.” Īvinoam Danin was a botanist from Hebrew University. The Raes threads, the Holland cloth, and all other medieval linens gave the test for vanillin wherever lignin could be observed on growth nodes. ![]() 1260 would have retained about 37% of its vanillin in 1978. 12, as indicated by the radiocarbon analyses, lignin should be easy to detect. “If the shroud had been produced between A.D. Rogers also noted that the Raes/C14 corner was covered with a unique gum dye coating, which isn’t on the main portion of the Shroud. Rogers analyzed vanillin from lignin in various Shroud samples, such as the Raes sample from 1973. By analyzing levels of vanillin, one can assess an approximate age of a material. Vanillin breaks down over time and the breakdown levels vary as a function of the temperature in which the vanillin was stored. Vanillin is produced from lignin, which is a component of plant cell wall. He analyzed the levels of vanillin in the Shroud. Ray Rogers was a chemist and one of the original 33 Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) investigators who were permitted to analyze the Shroud in 1978 and to retain small samples. You be the judge!Īrguments for the Authenticity of the Shroud I present much of this evidence, along with the arguments that some have used to reject the Shroud’s authenticity here. We have an abundance of evidence in addition to the C14 dating that we can use to determine its authenticity. who’s taken even only one Ph.D.-level statistics course can tell you that – and I’ve taken six. Furthermore, determining that we have “conclusive evidence” based on a single method of dating and a single tiny corner sample of the Shroud is absurd. Since that time, numerous studies have identified serious limitations and problems with the ways the study had been carried out and its results analyzed and interpreted. ![]() In 1989, Nature published an article that declared that scientists had found “conclusive evidence” that the Shroud had been dated (via C14 carbon dating) to medieval times, so the Shroud was kicked to the curb by the public as a hoax. Almost every part of his body had been battered well over a hundred times and his blood penetrated through the cloth, while the image of the man only appears on its top fibers. His wrists and feet had been pierced with nails. His head had been poked with sharp objects, consistent with a helmet of thorns. It bears the image and blood (type AB) of a man who had been severely beaten, whipped, and crucified. The Shroud of Turin is a herringbone linen cloth that measures approximately 14 by 3 feet. Everyone wants to know the truth, though some cannot handle it. Perhaps this is why the Shroud of Turin is the most studied artifact in history and why so many scholars and lay people are very passionate about it, from atheists and agnostics to Jews and Christians. If the Shroud of Turin is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ, we have the most important artifact in history, along with evidence of the highly gory and disturbing nature of Roman crucifixions.
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