Shroud of Turin
Controversial burial cloth
The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the faint image of a man, venerated by some Christians as the burial shroud of Jesus Christ.
Housed in Turin Cathedral, it shows what appears to be wounds consistent with crucifixion.
Radiocarbon dating placed its origin in the medieval period, though believers dispute these findings.
The shroud remains a subject of devotion and scientific controversy: pilgrims traveled to see the Shroud of Turin.
- holy relicConsecrated religious artifact
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- carbon datingIsotope-based age measurement
- scientific analysisSystematic evidence-based inquiry
- ResurrectionRising from death
linen cloth · Pilgrimage · religious artifact · crown of thorns · Iconography · Faith · Catholic Church · Byzantine Empire · Symbolism · Holy Week · Knights Templar · Eucharist · Jesus · Mysticism
Shroud of Turineyewitness account
Testimony from direct observer
photographic evidence · self-evident truth · smoking gun · Rosetta Stone · Dead Sea Scrolls