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Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a mediaeval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that this famous cloth, with its extraordinary photographic imprint, is genuinely Christ's shroud after all.
In 1978 in his international bestseller The Turin Shroud Ian Wilson ignited worldwide public debate with his compelling case endorsing the shroud's authenticity. Now, 30 years later, he has completely rewritten and updated his earlier book to provide fresh evidence to support his original argument. Shroud boldly challenges the current post-radiocarbon dating view - that it is a fake. By arguing his case brilliantly and provocatively, Ian Wilson once more throws the matter into the public arena for further debate and controversy.
From the Inside Flap
The tide has turned. Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a medieval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that this famous cloth, with its extraordinary photographic imprint, is genuinely Christ's shroud after all:
* In Turkey, the recent finding of a sixth-century mosaic face of Christ has startling implications for the Shroud's veracity.
* In the Sinai desert, recent manuscript discoveries provide evidence which refutes scientific claims that the Shroud can date from no earlier than 1260.
* In Rome, a Vatican archivist has discovered a hitherto unknown manuscript that sheds exciting new light on the Shroud's authenticity.
* In Bern, Switzerland, the veteran textile specialist who gave the Shroud its 2002 'makeover' has uncovered hitherto hidden technical features linking it to first-century Palestine.
In 1978 in his international bestseller The Turin Shroud, Ian Wilson ignited worldwide public debate with his compelling case endorsing the Shroud's authenticity. Now, thirty years later, this completely rewritten and updated book provides fresh evidence to support his original argument. The Shroud boldly challenges the current post-radiocarbon-dating view - that it is a fake. By arguing his case brilliantly and provocatively, Ian Wilson once more throws the matter into the public arena for further debate and controversy.
From the Back Cover
The Turkish archaeologist Dr Mehmet Onal looked out over his excavation site. 'I have a surprise for you both. We have a mosaic of your "Image of Edessa" here in Sanliurfa.'
The mosaic, the sole survivor of many hundreds of similar mosaics, frescoes and icons of this theme that had once proudly embellished Edessa's dozens of Christian churches, was like finding a vital missing piece from a giant jigsaw puzzle. There flowing from it was the need for a complete re-think...
