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To: Melian

He was between 5’11” and 6’1”....we split the difference and call it 6’.

By the way..........makes him VERY tall for that era.


66 posted on 10/06/2009 7:31:37 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: RightOnline
I think you might want to revise that 6' estimate. Read the following article:

Computerized Anthropometric analysis of the Man of the Turin Shroud
by Giulio Fanti°, Emanuela Marinelli+ Alessandro Cagnazzo°, ©1999

The conclusion of this study, which is pretty exhaustive, is that "The height of the Man of the Shroud turned out to be 174±2 cm."

That's a range of 67.7 inches at the low end to 69.3 inches at the high end. 174 cm is approximately 68.5 inches. Five feet, eight and a half inches tall.

The average American Male is 5' 9.4" tall... 69.4"

Another anthropomorphic study of the Shroud's image concluded the Man was 70.5 inches tall... 5' 10 1/2" tall. A survey of male skeletons of 1st Century Jewish burials, found that the average male was 5' 8 3/8" tall. Examples were found that were over 6 feet.

69 posted on 10/07/2009 12:04:58 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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