Researchers in Italy announced a new discovery regarding a linen cloth some believe was a burial shroud for Jesus Christ. The team examined a sample from the Shroud of Turin and determined that it could be 2,000 years old, Newsweek reported, citing a study published in the journal Heritage. Scientists inspected this ancient cloth using a method known as Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering.

The group used this technique on a tiny sample from the Shroud, which is in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. Citing the study, Newsweek noted that the researchers said the results of their inspection of the cloth were compatible with measurements collected from a linen sample dating from A.D. 55-74, and consistent with the theory that the Shroud is a 2,000-year-old relic.