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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 21 > Writing on shroud proves it’s authentic, researcher claims

Writing on shroud proves it’s authentic, researcher claims

But some experts say the Vatican historian is reading too much into the faint markings

By Ariel David / The Bulletin
November 21, 2009

ROME — A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud....

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