Believed by some to be the burial garment of Jesus Christ, the Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth measuring over 14 feet long and more than 3 and a half feet wide. Tantalizingly, the ...

The Shroud of Turin, a centuries-old linen cloth that many believe was used to wrap Jesus’ body after crucifixion, is unlikely to be from Biblical times, hi-tech new research asserts.

The shroud remains an object of faith, intrigue and controversy that reappears periodically in the public sphere, as it has in recent weeks. As a scholar of early Christianity, I have long been ...

To some, the Turin Shroud is one of Christianity's most holy relics, said to have been used to wrap the body of Jesus after his crucifixion. But to others, the relic is nothing more than an ...

The shroud is a 4.3-by-1.2-metre (14-by-4ft) linen cloth, also called the Holy Shroud, bearing a faint image of a man. Many believe this to be an image of Jesus Christ after his execution and view ...

Despite this, the Shroud itself continued to draw attention as it moved from France, eventually ending up in Turin, Italy, where it has resided for over 400 years. Some of the first real studies of ...

In 1988, an international team of scientific experts performed radiocarbon dating on snippets of the Shroud of Turin. The results showed that the famous cloth did not date back to the time of ...

The shroud remains an object of faith, intrigue and controversy that reappears periodically in the public sphere, as it has in recent weeks. As a scholar of early Christianity, ...