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Book reveals the historical hints that the Turin Shroud is really REAL

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Shroud of Turin first surfaced around the year 1355 AD in the French village of Lirey , drawing pilgrims to wonder at its unusual 'photo negative' image of a crucified man.

Skeptics have long pointed to this millennia-long gap in the Shroud 's early history as evidence of forgery.

But with new research throwing that radiocarbon dating into doubt, could the Turin Shroud have a 'secret history' to account for its vast time outside historical records? That's the idea behind a provocative new book, 'The Hidden History of the Shroud' .

In the Sermon of Athanasius , supposedly written by a fourth century bishop of Alexandria , there is reference to a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ painted on a tablet of boards that contained the image of our Lord and Savior at full length.

Markwardt claims that much of the doubt around the origin of the Shroud may have come from stories spun by Justinian I, as part of his efforts to secure the Shroud for himself.

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