The scientists propose that neutron emissions from an earthquake around 33 AD, when Jesus died, could have created the image on the Shroud of Turin and affected its carbon dating. They simulated earthquakes in the lab and found neutron emissions could cause chemical reactions forming images on cloth. This supports the shroud's authenticity by providing an explanation for its existence and the allegedly incorrect radiocarbon dating dating it to medieval times.

1. [ RELIGION 02/11/2014 08:41 pm
ET | Updated Feb 12, 2014 ].
The Shroud of Turin has long been a source of
reverence and intrigue. Considered one of the
most important Christian relics, many believe it
to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, due to
the faint image visible on its surface …
While some consider it a miracle, others
search for a more scientific explanation for its
existence, and researchers from the Politecnico
di Torino have come up with a theory that
they believe might provide some answers.

2. They say that it’s possible that neutron
emissions from an earthquake around the time
of Jesus’ death could have created the image,
as well as affected radiocarbon levels that
suggested the shroud was a forgery from
medieval times, reports LiveScience.

4. Detail of Shroud of Turin in Chiesa della SS.
Annunziata church
Their theory about creation of the image is
supported by elements of the historical record,
as an earthquake did indeed rock Jerusalem
around the time of Jesus’ believed death
around 33 AD.
A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, and O. Borla
simulated the earthquake by crushing brittle
rock specimens, and found that neutron
emissions could have come from such an
event. These emissions could have caused
chemical reactions in the cloth forming the
image of a face.
The study says:

5. Hypotheses and experimental confirmations
that oxidative phenomena generated by
earthquakes can provide 3D images on the
linen clothes have recently been proposed by
de Liso [34].
Moreover, a further effect of neutron
irradiation could have provided a wrong
radiocarbon dating due to an increment in
C146nuclei in the linen fibres.
The scientists linked the earthquake with Jesus’
death by citing Greek historian Thallos’
account of the day Christ died, the gospel of
Matthew, and the narrative of Joseph of
Arimathea, as well as with the work of Dante

6. Alighieri, writing, “Moreover, if we assign the
image imprinted on the Shroud to the Man
who died during the Passover of 33 a.d., there
are at least three documents in the literature
attesting the occurrence of disastrous
earthquakes during that event.”
Some are interpreting these findings as a
testament to the Shroud’s authenticity, as it
claims the medieval radiocarbon dating done
by Oxford University in 1988 is erroneous.
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Pieces of a skeleton of Homo naledi, a newly
discovered human species.