[Alberta's Child]

The markings on the Shroud showing wounds in the wrists is an important piece of evidence. If someone wanted to create a compelling forgery he would have shown the wounds in the hands -- because that's the way the crucifixion of Christ had been depicted through history.

The nails were driven through the wrist between the radius and ulna bones because that's the only way they'd support the weight of a human body. If the nails were driven through the hands then the hands would just tear away from them.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The markings on the Shroud showing wounds in the wrists is an important piece of evidence. If someone wanted to create a compelling forgery he would have shown the wounds in the hands -- because that's the way the crucifixion of Christ had been depicted through history.

That is a good point. I don't recall seeing any artwork in which the wrist is depicted as the point of fixing the nails.