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  • Ancient coin with ‘real face’ of Jesus ‘proves’ Shroud of Turin is REAL

    Ancient coin with ‘real face’ of Jesus ‘proves’ Shroud of Turin is REAL

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    BSTS News

    The Daily Mail has this week published an article about the recent discovery of a remarkable Byzantine coin. This bronze follis coin, minted in the period 969 – 976 AD, was discovered by historian Justin Robinson in 2018 and shows an image of Jesus with unusual features. What makes the coin particularly fascinating is that…

  • Shrouded in History:Twenty Evidences of the Shroud’s Ancient Provenance

    Shrouded in History:Twenty Evidences of the Shroud’s Ancient Provenance

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    Paul Bishop

    In a recent interview with Piers Morgan, Dr.Joe Accetta who is a Shroud sceptic and who was on the STURP team of 1978 said that one of the four pillars of authenticity is some sort of chain of custody (provenance) as to where the Shroud has been for the last 2000 years. This is thought…

  • The Face of Jesus

    The Face of Jesus

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    Paul Bishop

    In the recent BSTS summer 2025 newsletter there is an excellent article by our very own numismatic expert Justin Robinson, Byzantine Gold – the two faces of Jesus. In it he looks at two gold solidus coins minted during the reign of Justinian II. The first coin minted between 692 – 695AD portrays a Shroud…

  • The Shroud of Turin: first century or medieval cloth?

    The Shroud of Turin: first century or medieval cloth?

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    Paul Bishop

    Pontius Pilate when questioning Jesus asked the question “What is truth?” Which is probably a more honest question than would be asked by today’s culture “What is my truth?”  In the context of the Shroud of Turin, the persistent question asked is “What is proof?”