Interactive Evidence Atlas

Examine the Shroud of Turin

Explore the wounds, blood patterns, unusual body image, linen, geographic traces, historical record and scientific studies surrounding the Shroud. Positive evidence is presented fully, while each claim is labeled according to what is directly observed, strongly supported, disputed or hypothetical.

Important: The 1988 laboratories measured a medieval radiocarbon age in material cut from one corner. That result is serious evidence, but the experimental design does not automatically establish that the sampled corner represented every part of the cloth. Open the “1988 radiocarbon result” entry for the complete explanation.
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Full-length Shroud of Turin photographed by Giuseppe Enrie in 1931
Green: direct observationBlue: supported findingGold: disputed interpretationPurple: hypothesisRed: contrary evidence
Base image: high-resolution colorized presentation of Giuseppe Enrie’s 1931 photograph, edited by Rudolf Berwanger, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Marker positions are approximate guides and are not microscopic coordinates.