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>> but there was one part of the investigation that jackson had been unable to complete. an accurate dating of the material. then in 1988, the catholic church took the unprecedented step of giving permission for pieces of the cloth to be removed for carbon testing. samples were cut from the edge of the shroud and sent for testing in three independent laboratories. in london, zurich and arizona. >> the possibility that a piece of archaeology could prove to us that jesus christ was crucified, buri...

>> 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 th...

>> we really didnt 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 theres no evidence of something that you would expect, say, from a paint medium. we dont see that. it doesnt penetrate through the thickness of the cloth. it lies jus...

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 theres no evidence of something that you would expect, say, from a paint medium. we dont see that. it doesnt 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 want...

Authenticity. >> some people refuse to believe the result. they question the samples that were taken. they werent taken from the very center of the shroud. they were taken from the edge of the shroud. >> and recent work on another mysterious relic has introduced new doubts into our understanding of the turin shroud. its an artifact that may suggest the shroud is far older than claimed. in a small annex of a cathedral in northern spain is the cloth believed to have covered jesus face after he die...

An accurate dating of the material. then in 1988, the catholic church took the unprecedented step of giving permission for pieces of the cloth to be removed for carbon testing. samples were cut from the edge of the shroud and sent for testing in three independent laboratories. in london, zurich and arizona. >> the possibility that a piece of archaeology could prove to us that jesus christ was crucified, buried and raised from the dead, this is the most significant moment in human history. so why...

Continue to believe in its authenticity. >> some people refuse to believe the result. they question the samples that were taken. they werent taken from the very center of the shroud. they were taken from the edge of the shroud. >> and recent work on another mysterious relic has introduced new doubts into our understanding of the turin shroud. its an artifact that may suggest the shroud is far older than claimed. in a small annex of a cathedral in northern spain is the cloth believed to have cove...

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 his flogged. >> what i think stands out the most are the ...

>> leading a team of 40 scientists, jackson set out to investigate the shroud, using tools at the forefront of science. >> we really didnt 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 theres no evidence of something that you would...