Clearly, the scientific data - particularly as it relates to the widely reported (but ultimately flawed) 1988 dating on the Shroud of Turin, per its testing on what is now known to have been REPAIRS interwoven during the medieval-era cloth, into what is now known to be the FAR older, first-century Shroud's cloth - has finally drawn Reasons to Believe's team of scientists and experts to take a much closer look at this incredible artifact.
Here is some terrific information on the cloth itself, including chemical fibers and fiber analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQV5mp1INk
As the incredible, accumulated evidences has collectively shown us, in a way, I would say that the Shroud represents the world's first "photographic" (negative) exposure. As this first-century crucified man's image - on what has been, scientifically, perhaps the world's most-studied artifact - was captured as a witness for all time, of the greatest and most important event in earth's history: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The impressive weight of the collective evidences eventually led me to ask myself, who else could the image be of, but Christ? And I rhetorically ask this as one, at least initially, tremendously skeptical of the claims connecting the Shroud to Jesus of Nazareth.
Also, see this post (All about the Shroud):
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