Shroud of Turin depicts Y-shaped crucifixion

• Autores: Linda Geddes
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2963, 2014, pág. 15
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The image of Christ on the cross, arms stretched out to the sides, is seared onto many Christians' minds. But this isn't necessarily how people have imagined it throughout history. A new analysis of the Shroud of Turin, which appears to depict a man that has been crucified, suggests that whoever created it thought crucifixion involved the hands being nailed above the head. The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen cloth imprinted with the faint image of a naked man with what appear to be streams of blood running down his arms, and other wounds. Some believe ills the cloth in which Jesus's body was wrapped after crucifixion. But reliable records of it only begin in the 14th century, and carbon dating suggests the Shroud Is a medieval forgery.