http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100125247/the-turin-shroud-is-fake-get-over-it/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Scientists say Turin Shroud image created by ultraviolet lasers > By Eric Pfeiffer <http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/author/eric-pfeiffer/> > > * Posts <http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/author/eric-pfeiffer/> > * RSS <http://news.yahoo.com/rss-pfeiffer/?format=rss> > By Eric Pfeiffer <http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/author/eric-pfeiffer/> | > The Sideshow <http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/> Wed, Dec 21, > 2011 > * Email <http://news.yahoo.com/_xhr/mtf/panel/> > * > * > * Share > <http://news.yahoo.com/_xhr/social/share/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.co\ > m%2Fblogs%2Fsideshow%2Fscientists-turin-shroud-image-created-ultraviolet\ > -lasers-182107870.html&text=Scientists%20say%20Turin%20Shroud%20image%20\ > created%20by%20ultraviolet%20lasers%20%7C%20The%20Sideshow%20-%20Yahoo!%\ > 20News&action=inshare> 18 > * Print > > > > [http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/io9rRGD1eUyrZWcqpzd5TA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld\ > 3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/TurinShr\ > oud.jpg] > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=12fcaa604/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//media.z\ > enfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/TurinShroud.jpg> > The Turin Shroud > The exact origins of the Turin Shroud remain a great mystery, but > scientists are now disputing the long-held belief that the religious > artifact is a medieval forgery > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=13tbhohk4/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//www.dai\ > lymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2076443/Turin-Shroud-created-flash-supe\ > rnatural-light.html> . > > > Italian researchers at the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy > and Sustainable Economic Development > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=1258mpqpe/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//en.wiki\ > pedia.org/wiki/ENEA_%2528Italy%2529> say they believe the image was > created by an ultraviolet "flash of light." > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=14chciqjr/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//blog.ch\ > ron.com/believeitornot/2011/12/researchers-say-shroud-of-turin-is-%25E2%\ > 2580%2598authentic%25E2%2580%2599/> However, if that theory is true, it > remains a mystery as to exactly how that technology could have been > implemented at the time of the Shroud's creation. While the technology > is readily available in present day, it was far beyond the means of > anyone around pre-20th Century. > > The Turin Shroud > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=11a72lqnv/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//www.shr\ > oud.com/> is said to be the burial cloth of Jesus, but has long been > believed to be a fake, created during medieval times. It is currently > kept in a climate-controlled case in Turin cathedral > <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=13e1bdc02/EXP=1326148626/**http%3A//www.sin\ > done.org/the_holy_shroud__english_/life_of_faith/00024477_The_Cathedral.\ > html> . Scientists at the Italian agency have reportedly spent years > attempting to recreate the Shroud's imagery. 'The results show a short > and intense burst of UV directional radiation can colour a linen cloth > so as to reproduce many of the peculiar characteristics of the body > image on the Shroud of Turin,' the scientists said. > > "When one talks about a flash of light being able to color a piece of > linen in the same way as the shroud, discussion inevitably touches on > things such as miracles," said Professor Paolo Di Lazzaro, who led the > study. "But as scientists, we were concerned only with verifiable > scientific processes. We hope our results can open up a philosophical > and theological debate." >
