Description

There is evidence that the Shroud, venerated in France as early as 1350, is the Shroud we see today preserved in Turin, Italy. This program presents the places, the written evidence, the changes of ownership, the various expositions and the first 1898 photograph that changed everything — and brought the Holy Shroud into the realm of modern science and to worldwide attention for the very first time.

It reports on the first examinations of the fabric and the imprint left on it. It describes the discovery of red blood cells and pollen traces, carbon-14 dating, and computerized image processing. Included is a 60-minute documentary film, The Man of Pain, which was the Official Documentary of the 1998 Holy Shroud Exposition Committee.