National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: BARI, Italy — Six months after a group of Italian scientists made a breakthrough discovery using new X-ray dating techniques to show the Holy Shroud of Turin dates back to around the time of Christ’s death and resurrection, the scientists have now used the same experiments to determine the probable geographical route of the priceless relic.
The six-member research team estimated the natural aging for different localities where the Shroud could have been kept before its European history, and then compared the result with the experimental value obtained by X-ray.
The researchers then found that the most likely route that best matched the X-ray measured natural aging of the Shroud was Jerusalem-Beirut-Constantinople-Lirey-Chambéry-Turin, although other paths cannot be totally excluded. The findings were published in a peer-reviewed paper on Sept. 28. Report is here.
