Turin Shroud goes on display

Turin - The Turin Shroud goes on show this weekend for the first time in 20 years with its mystery as deep as ever.

Turin - The Turin Shroud goes on show this weekend for the first time in 20 years with its mystery as deep as ever.

Some 800,000 people from all over the world have already booked to see the yellowing linen cloth, which will be displayed from tomorrow in a glass case in Turin's cathedral, or Duomo.

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