Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 15:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(AP) -- A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery.

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