The Shroud of Turin is NOT Authentic | Debunking the Shroud ep.3 (Art, Pollen, & Patterns)

In our last installment (for now), we're going to talk about art history, pollen, and other patterns with the Shroud of Turin, and why we think the Shroud is not the authentic burial cloth of Jesus.

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Citations
Raes, Gilbert, ‘The Textile Study of 1973-1974’, Shroud Spectrum International, Issue 38/39, 1991

Vial, Gabriel, ‘Shrouded in Mystery’, HALI (The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles), Issue 49, 1990

Boi, M. “POLLEN ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN: THE PROBABLE TRACE LEFT BY ANOINTING AND EMBALMING.” Archaeometry, 2016, doi: 10.1111/arcm.12269.

De Wesselow, Thomas. The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection. Penguin Group, 2012.

Monson, Tesla, et al. “Allometric Variation in Modern Humans and the Relationship Between Body Proportions and Elite Athletic Success.” Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education, 2018, DOI 10.26773/jaspe.180701.

Wilson, Ian. The Shroud: The 2000-Year-Old Mystery Solved. 2011.

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro Video
0:45 - Summary & setting expectations
3:50 - Pray Codex aka Hungarian Pray Codex
9:50 - Pray Codex - No thumbs
11:40 - Pray Codex - Jesus is naked
13:15 - Pray Codex - Weave pattern & burns
21:50 - Pray Codex - No beard
22:45 - Lack of peer reviewed data on the Shroud's history
26:00 - Images throughout history
29:10 - Ian Wilson's amazing theory
34:45 - Pollen on the Shroud
38:30 - Weave pattern on the Shroud
43:05 - Body proportions
49:50 - Is the Shroud of Turin authentic?
52:30 - What surprised us
54:00 - "Fallacy" of the Day: BS asymmetry principle

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