Using the Merlin artificial intelligence tool and photographs of the Holy Shroud, Mail Online captured what the face of Jesus could be.

It is recalled that, recently, Italian scientists chronologically placed the Holy Shroud, i.e. the shroud of Jesus, in the time of Jesus, although previously the experts chronologically placed it in the Middle Ages.

MailOnline asked AI tool Merlin: “Can you create a realistic image of Jesus Christ based on the face of the Shroud of Turin?”

The AI-generated result suggests that Christ was white with large blue eyes, a scraggly beard and thorn marks on his face.

What we know so far about the Holy Shroud

The Shroud of Turin or Holy Shroud is a piece of linen cloth on which is imprinted the image of a bearded man, and its placement on the cloth is believed to fit a body that has been crucified and wounded.

It has been a source of controversy between the religious and scientific communities for many years, as it is claimed that it is the shroud in which the body of Jesus Christ was deposited, after it was taken down from the Cross, while according to some scientific studies it is simply a human construction.

The Shroud is a yellowish linen fabric, measuring 4.3 meters long and 1.1 meters wide, kept since 1578 in the Turin Cathedral. Its weave is made of herringbone from flax fibers, materials used at the time of Jesus Christ. Until recently, scientists dated it to the Middle Ages.