| molecular exploration of the first-century tomb of the shroud in akeldama, jerusalem. | the tomb of the shroud is a first-century c.e. tomb discovered in akeldama, jerusalem, israel that had been illegally entered and looted. the investigation of this tomb by an interdisciplinary team of researchers began in 2000. more than twenty stone ossuaries for collecting human bones were found, along with textiles from a burial shroud, hair and skeletal remains. the research presented here focuses on genetic analysis of the bioarchaeological remains from the tomb using mitochondrial dna to e ... | 2009 | 20016819 |