Shroud of Turin: The Passing of Time Thikens the Mystery

Abstract

Scientific literature shows that there have been few direct studies on the Shroud of Turin regarding a natural process capable of producing the Image of the Body. We support this hypothesis because: i) according to the chemistry and physics of linen, there was no intervention by a medieval forger, ii) in addition to physics, theology also denies the action of a supernatural event. These results should pave the way for a natural process. Now, even though we have a lot of data, we have not been able to put them together to extract the natural mechanism that explains the formation of the image. The failure makes us think that even our model might be imperfect, as has been the case with other natural models presented previously. Therefore, we should conclude that, at the moment, the natural hypothesis does not seem to work, just as the hypotheses of the forger and the extraordinary event (miracle) did not work. However, this state of affairs cannot last over time. Today we are in the incredible, so an explanation will be found.