In the latest development in the seemingly endless debate over the age of the Shroud of Turin, a scientist in Italy claims that an advanced x-ray analysis of a sample from the iconic cloth found that it does, indeed, date back to the time of Christ. The remarkable research findings reportedly come courtesy of Liberato De Caro, who has spent three decades studying the relic and recently enlisted a team to take a new look at mystery using modern technology. Specifically, the scientist subjected a small piece of the shroud to a cutting-edge dating technique known as 'Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering' and the results were rather enlightening.
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