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SHROUD OF TURIN: BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY, ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, Jack Brandão

SUDÁRIO DE TURIM: ENTRE A FOTOGRAFIA, A HISTÓRIA DA ARTE E A ARQUEOLOGIA

After being photographed by Secondo Pia in May 1898, the Shroud of Turin proved to be more than a mere medieval relic: it became a trustworthy source of archaeological imagery, providing a wealth of information about capital punishment widely used in the Roman world, but that there was not much scientific information available: crucifixion. Thus, following an interdisciplinary line, this article seeks to rescue, through the imagery question, not only the burial rites belonging to the ancient peoples but also anatomical aspects revealed by the possible mortuary sheet of Jesus, pointed out by the first scientists who decided to study it.        

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