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It has been generally accepted in many areas of the scientific community that the Shroud of Turin was created in Italy and is of European origin, but new DNA evidence shows that it was in areas that the historical record has always suggested.

The Shroud has recently had samples of particles taken from the artifact undergo DNA testing, to determine what peoples and plants were represented by the debris that have been deposited on it over the centuries.

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The authenticity of the Shroud of Turin has been debated for centuries. 1998 carbon-dating on the bacteria on the cloth showed it was created between 1260 and 1390, making it a Medieval forgery. Other experts say the bacteria comes from the hands of people who handled the shroud during that period. Now Swedish textile expert Mechthild Flury-Lemberg says, “There have been attempts to date the shroud from looking at the age of the material, but the style of sewing is the biggest clue. It belongs firmly to a style seen in the first century AD or before.”
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