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  • Shroud of Turin Not Jesus', Tomb Discovery Suggests

    12/24/2009 10:28:07 AM PST · by Salman · 42 replies · 1,667+ views
    National Geographic ^ | December 17, 2009 | Mati Milstein
    From a long-sealed cave tomb, archaeologists have excavated the only known Jesus-era burial shroud in Jerusalem, a new study says. The discovery adds to evidence that the controversial Shroud of Turin did not wrap the body of Christ, researchers say. [ snip ] The weave of the Tomb of the Shroud fabric, the new study says, casts further doubt on the Shroud of Turin as Jesus' burial cloth. The newfound shroud was something of a patchwork of simply woven linen and wool textiles, the study found. The Shroud of Turin, by contrast, is made of a single textile woven in...