so what we did is take microsamples from these bloodstain areas which were then taken back to the united states for microchemical analyses, and the result was that these features are, in fact, blood. with no explanation for how the image was made and the apparent presence of blood on the cloth, jackson looked to the gospels to see whether there was a connection between the last day of jesus life and the shroud. according to the gospel of john, then pilate took jesus and had him flogged. what i think stands out the most are the many marks that are all over the cloth. to me, this looks like blood residues of a person who was whipped or scourged.
science. we really didn t know what we were going to find. was this going to be a painting? was it going to be something else? working around-the-clock for 5 days, the scientists reached conclusions that seemed to advance the authenticity of the shroud and deepen its mystery. the fibers themselves are all individually colored, so there s no evidence of something that you would expect, say, from a paint medium. we don t see that. it doesn t penetrate through the thickness of the cloth. it lies just on the very surface. the question is why, why is that? jackson and his team also wanted to investigate the dark marks that appeared to be bloodstains. so what we did is take microsamples from these bloodstain areas which were then taken back to the united states for microchemical analyses, and the result was that these features are, in fact, blood.
tools at the forefront of science. we really didn t know what we were going to find. was this going to be a painting? was it going to be something else? working around the clock for five days, the scientists reached conclusions that seemed to advance the authenticity of the shroud and deepen its mystery. the fibers themselves are all individually colored, so there s no evidence of something that you would expect, say, from a paint medium. we don t see that. it doesn t penetrate through the thickness of the cloth. it lies just on the very surface. the question is why is that? jackson and his team also wanted to investigate the dark marks that appeared to be bloodstains. so what we did is take micro samples from these bloodstain areas, which were taken back to the united states for micro chemical analyses.
bloodstains. so what we did is take micro samples from these bloodstain areas, which were taken back to the united states for micro chemical analyses. the result was these features are, in fact, blood. with no explanation for how the image was made, and the apparent presence of blood on the cloth, jackson looked to the gospels to see whether there was a connection between the last day of jesus life and the shroud. according to the gospel of john, then pilate took jesus and had him flogged. what i think stands out the most are the many marks that are all over the cloth. to me, this looks like blood residues of a person who was
samples from these bloodstain areas, which were taken back to the united states for micro chemical analyses. the result was these features are, in fact, blood. with no explanation for how the image was made, and the apparent presence of blood on the cloth, jackson looked to the gospels to see whether there was a connection between the last day of jesus life and the shroud. according to the gospel of john, then pilate took jesus and had him flogged. what i think stands out the most are the many marks that are all over the cloth. to me, this looks like blood residues of a person who was whipped or scourged.