Michael Kowalski

Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire
About The Speaker...

Michael is recognised as a leading expert on the Shroud of Turin and has given presentations about this remarkable cloth to audiences in the UK and Europe. He is the author of ‘The Shroud of Christ: Evidence of a 2,000-Year Antiquity’ which provides a detailed account of the dating evidence revealed by over a hundred years of research. He is a member of the Shroud Science Group where Shroud researchers from all around the world share and discuss information concerning their latest discoveries. He is also the editor of a six-monthly magazine produced by the British Society for the Turin Shroud.

Michael’s interest in the Shroud began in the late-1970s when he read a magazine article which included pictures of the extraordinary photographic negative images of the Shroud. This interest has persisted over the years and has been a major focus for him since taking early retirement in 2016.

Michael has a strong desire to raise public awareness of this remarkable cloth and is happy to give talks on the Shroud throughout the UK.

About Their Talks...

The Shroud of Turin is possibly the world’s most studied historical artifact, generating a regular flow of new research publications. Although many people have dismissed the Shroud as a medieval forgery, largely due to the result of a controversial carbon dating test, there is a wealth of compelling evidence that contradicts the conclusions of that test. Most persuasive of all is the extraordinary image of a man which is visible on the Shroud which scientists are unable to explain or replicate.

Each talk will include a Q&A session. If space permits, the presentation will include a display featuring a full-sized replica of the Shroud of Turin as well as full-sized negative images of the front and back of the body.

Fee:

£50 plus travel expenses (15p per mile plus accommodation for distances greater than 100 miles from Halifax).

My Contact Details:
Phone:

07427600861

THE SHROUD OF TURIN: A SCIENTIFIC ENIGMA

There are few historical artefacts that have been studied as extensively as the Shroud of Turin. It is an enigma which has intrigued historians, artists and scientists ever since the publication of the first photographs taken of the Shroud at the end of the nineteenth century. Since that time, successive generations of experts drawn from a diverse range of specialist fields of study have spent countless hours searching for evidence that could reveal the true nature and origin of this ancient linen cloth. These included a group of scientists who in 1988 radiocarbon-dated a sample of fabric taken from the Shroud of Turin. They concluded that the sample of fabric was produced in the period 1260-1390AD, prompting one of those scientists to declare that, “Someone just got a piece of linen, faked it up and flogged it”.

Many people have since accepted this conclusion believing that this brings to an end any debate over the nature and origin of the Shroud. However, even at the time of that fateful dating test, there was already a large amount of historical and scientific evidence that appeared to challenge that conclusion and the amount of this contradictory evidence has increased significantly as a result of ongoing research over the years since that test.

This 60-minute presentation provides an overview of this evidence, focusing in particular on the astounding findings revealed by scientific examinations of the image markings visible on the Shroud, which undermine the claim that a medieval artist could have simply “faked it up and flogged it”. It covers the findings of several eminent forensic scientists who concluded that the markings and bloodstains show that the cloth covered the body of a man who was tortured and crucified iexactly described in the gospels. It also outlines evidence which shows that the Shroud is much, much older than the age indicated by the carbon dating test and explains why that test may have failed to give the true age of this enigmatic cloth.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.

If space permits, the presentation will include a display featuring a full-sized replica of the Shroud of Turin as well as full-sized negative images of the front and back of the body.

Testimonials & Reviews

‘As a leading Shroud of Turin expert Michael delivers an intriguing and informative presentation about this mysterious cloth. His passion to share what he knows about the Shroud is infectious and I highly recommend this riveting talk which is ideal for a general audience.’

Tony – September 2024

 

 

Michael Kowalski Contact Details:
Phone:

07427600861

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