New analysis of the Shroud of Turin supports Biblical crucifixion

New blood analysis of the Shroud of Turin ' supports Biblical story about Jesus ' crucifixion' An engineer from the University of Padua in Italy used modern technology to reanalyzed samples taken from the cloth in the 1970s .

They found tiny blood particles showing signs of organ failure, trauma, disease and radiation.

Materials that were typical in ancient Jerusalem were also found, suggesting that the shroud may have originated in the region and not in Europe where many skeptics think it was created as a medieval forgery.

Independent experts dismissed the findings, saying blood could have contaminated the cloth at any point over 1,000 years of known history.

Some believe that Jesus ' body was not washed during that time, but quickly placed in the tomb, which means he was not cleaned of earthy materials before being wrapped.

However, Dr Lawrence Kobilinsky , a forensic scientist who is a professor emeritus at John Jay College , told DailyMail.com that the blood was likely a 'secondary thought' A 1988 study found the Shroud of Turin was a Medieval fake after researchers dated a piece of the cloth between 1260 and 1390 AD .