The Shroud of Turin - High quality 3D Images

<BODY> <p><font face=arial size=2> <center> <Img Src="graphics/shroud.jpg" border=0 ALT="The Shroud of Turin - High quality 3-D images"> <hr size=1> <a href=http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/index.html><h4>The Shroud of Turin - The first amazing 3-D images made with a PC.</h4></a><BR><BR>Frame capable browser required</center> <P>Is the Shroud of Turin the burial cloth of Jesus Christ or simply a medieval forgery? This site contains high quality 3-D images that may help you decide for yourself. No other artifact has been subjected to as many scientific tests, and yet the Shroud still remains a mystery. <P>The Shroud of Turin first appeared in north-central France in the mid-fourteenth century and depicts what many believe to be Christ's crucified body. Today, the burial cloth is kept in the cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, and thousands flock to see the relic.</P> <P>In 1898 Secondo Pia discovered that the shroud was a photographic negative. Since then, scientists have performed hundreds of tests that have conclusively proven that it is not a painting. Furthermore, pathologists who have examined the cloth believe it to be an anatomically correct picture of a body that has been crucified and tortured. Such wounds are consistent with the suffering of Jesus Christ during His crucifixion.</P> <P>In 1978, 40 American scientists performed thousands of experiments on the linen. The tests covered scientific disciplines such as physics, optics, botany, nuclear physics, entomology, pathology, hematology, etc. The purpose was not to prove whether it is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ, but to determine the process that created the image and therefore also determine whether it is a hoax.</P> <P>But despite the battery of scientific tests, controversy still surrounds the mysterious cloth. In 1988 it was radiocarbon dated by three independent laboratories and found to be of medieval origin. These findings and the fact that its history can only be traced back to the fourteenth century has led skeptics to claim that it is nothing but a medieval forgery created so as to make money out of credulous pilgrims and impress the infidels.</P> <P>Using technology designed for the space program, scientists made a startling discovery. The VP-8 is an image analyzer used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to produce 3-D images from photograph taken in outer space. It works by interpreting dark areas as having greater depth and it was normally used to give a 3-D perspective to photographs sent by space probes. Incredibly, when the shroud was placed before the VP-8, a correct 3-D image of a human body appeared on the display.</P> <P>These findings astounded the scientists as any other photograph could never produced such results. Normal photographs do not contain depth information, the shroud does. Designed in the 1960's, the VP-8 is now obsolete technology. This site contains the only 3-D images made with present day technology. The pictures naturally have greater detail and quality.</P><br><br> <center>| <a href=http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/turin_intro.htm>Shroud of Turin 3D Images</a> | <a href=http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/turin3.htm>A medieval forgery?</a> | <a href=http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/turin4.htm>A hoax?</a> | <a href=http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/turin5.htm>Survey</a> |</center> </BODY>