Shroud of Turin Picture Tour With Dr. John Desalvo
April 15, 2001 - source: http://www.sightings.com
http://www.gizapyramid.com/LECTURE-SHROUD1.htm

Hi, I shamelessly ripped this text and one photo from a "must-see" website. So follow this link to the original site to get the whole show. - Lightman

Dr. DeSalvo, the Director of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association was also involved in studying the Shroud of Turin. We thought you would enjoy this picture tour even though it is not about the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The following slides were used on the Jeff Rense Radio Program with Dr. John DeSalvo on April 12, 2001 and repeated on April 15, 2001. A complete text has been added. If you like you can also listen to that program using Realplayer while you follow along with the slides. The recorded program is on the Jeff Rense Show archives at ARCHIVED SHOWS.

ABOUT JOHN DESALVO Dr. DeSalvo is a biophysicist and former college professor. He is Executive Vice President for the Association of Scientists and Scholars International for the Shroud of Turin (ASSIST), the largest and oldest Shroud research organization in the world. He was also a research consultant to the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP). He has been involved in Shroud research for over 20 years. He has lectured nationwide and the International Platform Association designed him as one of the top 30 speakers in the nation in 1980. He has published several articles on the Shroud and is the contributing science editor for the book "Sindon, a Layman's Guide to the Shroud of Turin" (out of print). Dr. DeSalvo is also the Director of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association.

UPDATE (7/6/01) AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

During my radio appearance on the Jeff Rense show, I was asked by Jeff if any of the scientists had removed the damage marks (scorches, water stains, folds, etc.) on the Shroud to see what it would have looked like without this damage. I said much computer analysis and enhancements have been done but no one has done this to my knowledge. I just received an email from Rex Peterson who sent me the photo below. He did what Jeff suggested. I thought it was a magnificent job and wanted to share it with our web site visitors. Thank you, Rex, for taking the time to produce this great image. Rex is the web master for the Iowa MUFON. His web site is www.watch.at/IowaMUFON and you can contact him there.

Also, I want to thank Jeff Rense for being one of the greatest radio talk show hosts. His program is rated #8 in the world and he has millions of listeners every night. Jeff has made many suggestions that have improved our web site and association. He suggested the Pyramid Picture Tour which is our number one attraction on the site. Thank you Jeff for your support, suggestions, encouragement, and most of all your friendship. You can listen to Jeff live every night at www.Rense.com.

BEGIN THE TOUR

The Shroud of Turin is a piece of ancient linen cloth that measures about 14 feet long by 3 1/2 feet wide, and on this cloth is a very faint imprint of a human being who appears to have been crucified. Legend has it that this Shroud is actually the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. The Shroud takes it's name from its present location which is in the Cathedral of John the Baptist in Turin Italy.

SLIDE 1 - THE LOCATION OF THE SHROUD SINCE 1357

Historically, we can only document the precise location of the Shroud from 1357 to the present. This is important because if the Shroud is a forgery it would have to have been made prior to 1357. In that year, the first known public exposition of the Shroud was held in Lirey, France. From Lirey, the Shroud went to Chambery, France. While in Chambery, in the year 1532, there was a fire in the Chapel in which the Shroud was kept. Fortunately, very little damage was done to the Shroud. Than in 1578 it was brought across the Alps to Turin, Italy where it remains to the present.

Holy Jesus! - Lightman