Italy - For only the sixth time in 100 years, the Shroud of Turin is slated to go on display this spring. Over 2 million visitors are expected to converge on the small chapel in a northern Italian city and over one million tickets have been pre-ordered to insure the opportunity to view the relic.
The linen cloth bears the image of a man and is believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Housed in a climate-controlled, bulletproof case, each viewer will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to view the object described by the Vatican as 'a powerful symbol of Christ's suffering'.
There have been disputes over authenticity. Carbon-dating by some researchers suggested the Shroud was made between 1260 and 1390 A.D. Other scientists contended the dating results were flawed and the testing results were due to contamination over the ages. This position was further bolstered by the findings of two Israeli scientists who discovered plant pollen on the cloth that originated in the Holy Land.
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