"Jesus-era" burial shroud found

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A team of archaeologists and scientists says it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem.

The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the US, said the shroud was very different from the controversial Turin Shroud.

Some people believe the Turin Shroud to have been Christ's burial cloth, but others believe it is a fake.

The newly found cloth has a simpler weave than Turin's, the scientists say.

The body of a man wrapped in fragments of the shroud was found in a tomb dating from the time of Jesus near the Old City of Jerusalem.

The tomb is part of a cemetery called the Field of Blood, where Judas Iscariot is said to have killed himself.

The researchers believe the man was a Jewish high priest or member of the aristocracy who died of leprosy, the earliest proven case.

They say he was wrapped in a cloth made of a simple two-way weave, very different to the complex weave of the Turin Shroud.

The researchers believe that the fragments are typical of the burial cloths used at the time of Jesus.

As a result, they conclude that the Turin Shroud did not originate from 1st Century Jerusalem.

The Turin Shroud has been the subject of much controversy.

Tests 20 years ago dated the fabric to the Middle Ages, but believers say the cloth bears the imprint of a man's face that is an authentic image of Christ.

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Not trying to dis this post or the story but want to share a couple of thoughts based on what the Bible says about the burial of Jesus. The field of blood was purchased as a burial ground for the poor by the Jewish leadership using the money they paid Judas to betray Jesus which he tried to return out of guilt. It does not say Judas was buried there nor was Jesus. Jesus was buried in a tomb carved out of a rock-face that was donated by a member of the temple elite. This type of burial tomb would have been for people who were considered wealthy. The preparations for Jesus' burial also came from them (Joseph & Nicodemus). This means that most likely the burial cloth that Jesus was buried in was a more expensive, more finely woven material than what poor people would have been buried in. Therefore, this story actually supports the shroud of Turin as possibly being authentic because it now shows the Biblical account to be more accurate.