Table of Contents
Preface xi
Part 1 1898-1902, The Photograph
Chapter 1 A Startling Discovery 1
Chapter 2 Vignon and Delage 9
Chapter 3 A Case of Scientific Bias 23
Part II 1973, A Reporter's Search
Chapter 4 An Exposition 33
Chapter 5 Secret Commissions, Evasive Responses 43
Chapter 6 Seeing the Shroud 59
Chapter 7 Face Veils and Visionaries 71
Chapter 8 Hans Naber and Leonard Cheshire 81
Chapter 9 Ancient Images, Crusader Monks 99
Chapter 10 The Shroud in America 113
Chapter 11 What Key Scientists Have to Say 129
Chapter 12 More from the Experts 143
Chapter 13 Mysterious Leaves, Ghostly Photos 151
Chapter 14 Space-Age Science 159
Chapter 15 Back East 169
Chapter 16 Drawing Conclusions 185
Part III 2010, The Mystery Continues
Chapter 17 The Shroud Condemned 195
Chapter 18 Divine Voices, Hard Science 205
Chapter 19 The Last Hurdle 223
Acknowledgments 233
Bibliography 235
Index 243
