As if there were not already enough evidence debunking the Shroud of Turin—the historical record, a forger’s confession, tempera paint, and multiple carbon-dating tests—now new evidence further discredits the authenticity of the reputed burial cloth of Jesus.
The new finding is the 2,000-yearold skeletal remains of a crucified Roman. It was reported on Live Science (“How Jesus Died: Rare Evidence of Roman Crucifixion Found” by Tom Metcalf, https://www.LiveScience. com/62727-jesus-roman-crucifixion-found.html). The June 4 article de-scribed examination of the bones (originally discovered in 2007 near Venice) as revealing a lesion together with an unhealed fracture located on one heel bone. The discovery is quite revealing because it is consistent with the only other apparent crucifixion wound known to archaeology.
The discovery is quite revealing because it is consistent with the only other apparent crucifixion wound known to archaeology.