Fanti recently completed a book co-written with a journalist on his results.

FORBES: A Nice App, But The Shroud Of Turin Needs A New Peer Review

That Fanti is submitting his results to a scientific committee sounds promising, although there are no details yet on who is on the committee.

FORBES: A Nice App, But The Shroud Of Turin Needs A New Peer Review

Now, Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurement, asserts that the shroud can be reliably dated to the time of Christ, give or take a few centuries.

FORBES: A Nice App, But The Shroud Of Turin Needs A New Peer Review

Given the controversial nature of the Shroud, and his claims, I hope Fanti will also consider submitting his results to scientists far removed from Padua, like MIT and Oxford, for example.

FORBES: A Nice App, But The Shroud Of Turin Needs A New Peer Review

Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical engineering at Padua University in Italy and co-author of the book "The Mystery of the Shroud, " said the app will be "very useful" to the scientific community.

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