How tall is the man on the Shroud?
The man whose image is on the Shroud appears to be between 5′ 8″ to 5’10” tall. It is not exact since the image that is on cloth could have stretched over the years. Also, there is the apparent foreshortening of the image, meaning that the image as it appears on the cloth is of a man whose knees are drawn up and whose shoulders are drawn up somewhat as well. The head also seems to be elevated too. All this means is that he was not lying down flat as on a bed but was probably bound in this position with strips of linen wrapped around the outside of the shroud while the body was in a state of rigor mortis. Q: I planned on doing a research project for school on the Shroud of Turin, but I am having second thoughts because the shroud seems to be very, very controversial. Well you are right about it being controversial! But that’s what makes it so fascinating. Think about it…almost everything we know about the cloth suggests a first century, Middle East origin. It is not the work of an art
