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It is very interesting is that the man of the Shroud was crucified with large
spikes driven through his wrists and not through the palms of his hands. It is
significant because it contradicts all iconography of medieval and pre-medieval
periods. This is evidenced by both the image and the bloodstains. Nailing through the wrists is more historically and medically plausible. It
was not before the first part of the 20th century, that medical experts first
realized that nails driven through a man’s palms would not support a his weight
(even if his feet were nailed or supported) and that the nails would tear out.
The Romans crucified victims by driving nails through the wrist area of the
forearm. If indeed the Shroud is a medieval forged relic, the craftsman who produced
it knew how to do it right even if the nailing defied sensibilities of the time. |
The
scientific study of the Turin shroud is like a microcosm of the
scientific search for God: it does more to inflame any debate than
settle it.”
It is
simply not known how the ghostly image of a serene, bearded man was
made.”
Scientist-Journalist Philip Ball Nature, that most prestigious of scientific journals, that once had bragging rights to claim that the Shroud was fake, responding to new, peer-reviewed studies that discredit the carbon 14 dating and show that the Shroud could be authentic. WHAT WE KNOW IN 2005
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