The Man Behind the Shroud?There is a very credible theory that Leonardo created the Shroud of Turin by a photographic technique. Could it be his face?Radio carbon dating of the fabric of the shroud places it a while before Leonardo's birth so clearly in is a medieval fake as were many relicks. Leonardo wasn't stupid; if he were to try to fake it he would have used old cloth so the dating is consistent.The Mona Lisa certainly looks like Leonardo. Whether the face on the shroud is him - who knows? It seems to have some similarities. There is a statue of Leonardo I saw which looks rather spookily like the shroud.Who knows? We probaly never will but given the photographic qualities of the shroud and the fact that Leonardo was using camera obscura and showed interest in photosenstive chemicals while the transformed shroud resurfaced in a village near Leonardo's workshop at a time when he was at his height, it make's you think...Cruised into a bar on the shoreHer picture graced the grime on the doorShe a long lost love at first biteBaby maybe you're wrong, but you know it's all rightThat's rightBackstage we're having the timeOf our lives until somebody sayForgive me if I seem out of lineThen she whipped out her gunAnd tried to blow me awayDude looks like a ladySo never judge a book by it's coverOr who you're going to love by your loverLove put me wise to her love in disguiseShe had the body of a VenusLord imagine my surpriseDude looks like a ladyBaby let me follow you downLet me take a peek dearBaby let me follow you downDo me, do me, do me all nightBaby let me follow you downTurn the other cheek dearBaby let me follow you downDo me, do me, do me, do meOoh what a funky ladyShe like it, like it, like it, like that,Ooh he was a ladyDude looks like a lady Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady Resurrection. On the third day he will rise again. Crown of Thorns. Spear of Destiny. Spears. Apostle. Disciples. Empty tomb. Mary Magdalene. Son of God. Taken up to Heaven. Passion of Christ. Bible. Jesus of Nazareth. Crucifixion. Faith. Religion. Stigmata.
