[an amused spectator]

- No examples of the shroud linen's complex herringbone twill weave date from the first century, when burial cloths tended to be of plain weave in any case.

I guess Joe's nickel PhD trumps the knowledge of Swedish textile expert Dr. Mechthild Flury-Lemberg. She must have been so busy being awed by the stitching "forgery" that she forgot to look at the actual cloth. ;-)

[Swordmaker]

I guess Joe's nickel PhD trumps the knowledge of Swedish textile expert Dr. Mechthild Flury-Lemberg. She must have been so busy being awed by the stitching "forgery" that she forgot to look at the actual cloth. ;-)

You mean Joe Nickell's PhD in Art?? or is it in English? It certainly is NOT in any hard or even soft science.