[bigcat00]

Thanks for an interesting post.

A layman's question....i.e., a dumb question, perhaps, but nonetheless...Would it be possible to retrieve human DNA from the Shroud? And could it be determined where the DNA originated? I realize the Shroud has probably had many hands upon it over the centuries, but what about one of the portions with the image?

[polemikos]

Would it be possible to retrieve human DNA from the Shroud?

Possibly. But age, and pyrolysis/oxidation have severely damaged what remains.

And could it be determined where the DNA originated?

Possibly. But the more intriguing scenario is cloning resulting in the Second Coming ;-)