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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

DNA analysis of Shroud of Turin reveals new detail about artefact’s origin

Yarn used to make the Shroud of Turin may have likely come from ancient India’s Indus Valley region, according to a new DNA analysis of samples from the linen fabric believed to have been used to wrap Jesus’s crucified body.

The shroud, measuring about 4.4m long and 1.1m wide, remains one of the world’s most controversial Christian artefacts, first documented in France in 1354.

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