The Real Face of Jesus?

My wife and I watched an incredible special the other day from The History Channel.  I always take these sorts of specials with a grain of salt, because there have been some real "winners" amongst their so-called Christian documentaries.  Probably the silliest I've seen was one of theirs concerning Noah's Ark, which degenerated into a speculative mess that completely undermined the Ark story, but without much substance to back up their analysis.

This special, though, which apparently first aired in March last year, concerned analysis by scientists of the Shroud of Turin.  Of course the Shroud itself is controversial, with most folks dismissing it as a hoax.  I myself like to think about the possible authenticity of it, especially since the definitive carbon-14 dating performed on the Shroud has been thrown into very serious doubt due to slipshod methods.  So much documentation over the past two millenia points to a Shroud existing and passing from church to church, country to country, ever since the time of Jesus' death and resurrection.

This special explores just how such an image could exist on a piece of cloth that is at the very least seven hundred years old and quite possibly two thousand.  Not only do the scientists and theologians involved leave the viewers with the conclusion that they have no idea how this sort of image could occur on cloth, at any point in history, unless it was a divine act such as the Resurrection of Jesus, but it also uses modern technology to show just what the person shown in the Shroud would actually look like.

The picture above is from their findings.  Is this the real face of Jesus?  There is really no way we could ever know, here at least.  I sure do enjoy the possibilities, though.  Below I have attached a video showing the image from the Shroud transforming into a possible Image of Jesus.