"Scientists from Padua University have placed Turin Shroud between the 280 B.C. and A.D. 220. The cloth is prized by many Catholics as Jesus’ burial shroud.
The famed burial shroud that many Catholics say bears the face of Jesus has been dated back to Christ’s time, a new study says, which raises questions about whether the relic is more than a medieval hoax.
Scientists have never been able to explain exactly how the Turin Shroud, kept in Italy, was imprinted with the face, torso, and legs of a crucified man. But researchers have made several attempts to figure out when the linen cloth was produced. A 1988 test placed the shroud firmly in the Middle Ages, between A.D. 1260 and A.D. 1390. But a recent report from Italy’s Padua University dates the shroud between 280 B.C. and A.D. 220, much closer to the time that Christians believe Jesus walked the Earth."
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