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Turin Shroud How Da Vinci Fooled History

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ISBN-10: 0743292170

ISBN-13: 9780743292177

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince

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In this fully revised and updated edition, the bestselling authors ofThe Templar Revelationpresent new and compelling evidence linking Leonardo da Vinci with the forgery of Christianity's most famous relic. For centuries the Turin Shroud was believed to be Christ's authentic burial cloth, miraculously imprinted with his image -- but in 1988 carbon dating revealed it is a medieval- or Renaissance-era forgery. However, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince realized that the 1988 discovery prompted even more questions: The image seems to be a photograph -- so could the Turin Shroud actually be the world's first photograph? If the face of the man on the Shroud is not Jesus', whose is it? …    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 3/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Illustrations
Introduction: Irony and Inspiration
More Questions Than Answers
The Verdict of History
Theories
Correspondents
""Faust's Italian Brother""
The Shroud Conspiracy
Getting the Measure of Shroudman
Positive Developments
Leonardo's Last Testament
Epilogue: In His Own Image
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index