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Turin Shroud, the
     
Turin Shroud, the
a piece of cloth which is believed by some people to have covered the dead body of Jesus Christ after he had been crucified and to be marked with an image of his face. But scientists who tested the cloth using carbon dating methods believe that it is not as old as that.
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