**The Turin Shroud is a linen cloth measuring 1.21m by 4.42m believed by some to bear the impression of Jesus Christ. For the first time in a decade it has gone on display in Turin.**Here we have highlighted the key features on the cloth that its custodian, the Archdiocese of Turin, says supports the notion that the shroud was used to wrap a man who “suffered the death of crucifixion”.
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