The image appears to be created by an oscillating strobe of high intensity light with a simple wave length.


This light came from inside the body.


The event happened in 1/40th of a bil- lionth of a second like a laser beam, moving 2.5 billion watts.


To create a similar light one would need all the electric power generated on Earth.


Di Lazzaro’s ENEA Research Centre


“T e probability the Shroud is a fake is really very, very low. On the other hand, our results, taken alone, cannot prove the Shroud is the burial cloth of


Jesus Christ.” — Dr. Paolo Di Lazzaro,


lead author on the report and


senior researcher at the ENEA Research Centre of Frascati.


found that the Shroud of Turin is not a fake, and the body image was formed by an undefi ned form of electromagnetic source of energy. “It is possible that the body image was


formed by a sort of electromagnetic source of energy,” the report said. “Our experiments show that many (not


all) the peculiar properties of the body im- age of the Shroud are produced by a burst of photons in a very narrow range of pa- rameters (pulse duration, intensity, num- ber of shots).” Barrie Schwortz, a photographer who


studied the Shroud with STURP, said, “In the end we could not determine an image formation mechanism that could make an image with these properties on the Shroud of Turin.”


THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT Supporters of the authenticity of the Shroud point to its consistency with the biblical account of Jesus’ death, as well as the actual methods that Roman crucifi x- ion employed. They note all of these points of consis-


tency would not have been easily matched by a medieval forger. The four books of the New Testament


contain remarkably similar accounts of Je- sus’ death, burial, resurrection, and even- tual ascension. Each fi rst attests to Jesus’ arrest by Ro-


man centurions at the behest of Jewish Sanhedrin authorities. This took place in the Garden of Geth-


samane shortly after the Last Supper or Jewish Passover meal. In 1995, Israeli botanist Avinoam


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Danin, a professor at the Hebrew Uni- versity of Jerusalem and a Jew, began a 15-year study of what he found to be a re- markable cloth. Danin’s fi ndings have been reported


widely, including in his 2010 book Botany of the Shroud. Danin noted that the Shroud captures


hundreds of fl owers carpeting the corpse, and he identifi ed four stem plants on the Shroud image consistent with the areas of Jerusalem and Hebron. He also noted nine blooming species of


plants that are found in Jerusalem around March and April. Passover occurs during the months of March or April. Of the 36 species of pollen and stems


found on the Shroud, 20 are known to grow in Jerusalem, and at least eight of these are native to the Judean hills and Dead Sea region. His study found that there were at least


nine thorns near to the man’s head, a reed that lay alongside the arm, hundreds of fl owers covering the body, and even rope or cord still affi xed to the corpse.


Then Pilate had Jesus taken and


whipped. (John 19:1) While Jewish law permitted only a max-


imum of 40 lashes to criminals during the Second Temple period, archaeologist Wil- liam Meacham holds that anywhere from 60 to 120 lashes were administered. In total, the Shroud shows more than


370 wounds to the body. It is not clear if the Romans governing Judea felt bound to Jewish law. Given Jesus’ claims to royalty over not


only Judea but Caesar himself, he likely would have been prescribed the worst form of Roman fl ogging — the verberatio. The Roman whip or “fl agellum” used


for these punishments consisted of two or three small metal pieces shaped like a dumbbell at the end of a leather strand. The result was each individual strike


had the possibility of hitting anywhere from one to three times against the fl esh


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