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Researchers recently identified food DNA on the Shroud of Turin \u2014 a finding that suggests the burial cloth believed to have wrapped Jesus Christ may have been contaminated over time.<\/p>\n

In a preprint study<\/a> published in March on bioRxiv, a group of international researchers analyzed DNA traces from 1978 samples taken from the relic.<\/p>\n

Scientists identified plant traces by sequencing microscopic DNA fragments found in dust and fibers collected from the Shroud, rather than discovering visible food remains.<\/a><\/p>\n

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They found a host of different species \u2014 with carrot and bread wheat<\/a> the most dominant.<\/p>\n

Carrot (Daucus carota) was the most prominent plant DNA signal, accounting for about 30.9% of identified plant sequences \u2014 and the study said the DNA was more similar to cultivated carrot varieties.<\/a><\/p>\n

About 11.6% of identified plant sequences were assigned to Triticum aestivum, or bread wheat.<\/p>\n

“Other cereals found encompassed durum wheat (Triticum durum), einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum), maize (Zea mays) and rye (Secale cereale),” the study noted.<\/p>\n

“Horticultural crops included peppers, tomatoes<\/a> and potatoes (Solanaceae), as well as melons or cucumbers (Cucurbitaceae).”<\/p>\n

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The study also noted a “strong presence of peanuts (Arachis spp.) … weak traces of perennial ryegrass, bluegrass, fescue, oats and clovers were observed.”<\/p>\n

Some of the species were New World crops, including tomatoes, maize and peanuts, pointing to likely contamination after 1492.<\/p>\n

The study identified fruit tree DNA including “banana, almond, walnut<\/a> and sweet orange” \u2014 with fainter signals from fig, pistachio, apple, pear, hazelnut and grapevine.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that the shroud’s age “cannot be determined through metagenomics [genetic profiling] <\/strong>because this methodology is unable to provide any robust evidence supporting either a medieval origin or a history dating back two millennia.”<\/p>\n

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“Nevertheless, our findings constitute a novel and significant contribution<\/a> to the field, thoroughly elucidating the biological traces left by centuries of social, cultural and ecological engagement,” the study’s authors wrote.<\/p>\n

“Collectively, our findings illuminate important aspects of the Shroud’s preservation history.”<\/p>\n

The researchers declined to provide comment to Fox News Digital, noting that the final results have not been published yet.<\/p>\n

The shroud, kept in Turin, Italy, since 1578, has a documented history beginning in the mid-14th century.<\/p>\n

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The relic has been the subject of intense scrutiny over the centuries; radiocarbon dating conducted in 1988 dated the cloth to between 1260 and 1390 A.D.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Italy’s Institute of Crystallography said its analysis using wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) produced results consistent with the Shroud of Turin being a roughly 2,000-year-old relic<\/a>, aligning with Christian tradition.<\/p>\n

The study comes amid a string of ancient food-related discoveries<\/a> over the past year.<\/p>\n

In December, Pompeii archaeologists unearthed preserved food remains in ancient Pompeii that reveal what enslaved people ate before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, including beans and fruit.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2025, researchers in southern Oregon found starch granules that reveal how Native Americans processed food<\/a> thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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