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Sample and, through that, determine the relics age. >> using scientific techniques now for first time its really possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals to understand more about the movement and >> now the scientists work is done. they can only wait for a final answer. could this bone belong to john the baptist?

Accelerator mass spectrometer. the machine will analyze the amount of radiocarbon in the sample and, through that, determine the relics age. >> using scientific techniques now for first time its really possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals who understand more about the movement and the passage of relics across this part of the world during the first millennium a.d. >> now the scientists work is done. they can only wait for a final answer. could ...

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To me. there are many bones attributed to john the baptist. and they cant all be. in this particular case, using radiocarbon, weve managed to show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. >> weve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and were just starting to get a feel for what there is out there. so its very exciting. it gives us a new bit of information. im hopeful th...

♪ >> should we get the bone out and have a look at it now? >> sitting in an elaborate gilt housing dating back to the 14th century, for the researchers the challenge will be how to remove bone from its precious casing. ♪ and when they try to extract the bone from its mount, theres a problem. >> the mount does not come off of the bone. >> oh, you mean i cant actually take the bone out? >> no. >> and that means tom will struggle to reach the central part of the finger containing collagen, the ...

Come to the nelson-atkins museum in kansas city, missouri. they want to analyze an ancient treasure reputed to be the finger of john the baptist. could it come from the same individual as the bulgaria find? >> this is containing the relic. its gilt silver. it dates from about the year 1400. >> whats really exciting about the kansas relic is for the first time well be able to compare the carbon data relic with the one weve already obtained from bulgaria. >> the bone has been identified as a human...

Drill, he cant be sure theyve got enough to determine whether this bone could have belonged to john the baptist. in jerusalem, the more john the baptist denounces herod, the more he risks inflaming herods anger. with all the danger that could follow. >> you could talk about repentance and judgment day and maybe not get into much trouble. but you start to attack herod personally, and hes going to attack you personally. >> whats wrong? >> i see herod antipas as a really divided soul. he was really...

>> in kansas city, professor tom higham of oxford university is trying to figure out a way of drilling into a relic of john the baptist. >> i think its best to go in here. >> he hopes to date the carbon inside the bone and perhaps even get a dna profile that can then be matched against the first century relic he has already tested from bulgaria. >> its the collagen part of the bone that we want to date. thats the protein part. and that, in modern people, is about 20% by weight. but of course, in...

>> the result isnt surprising to me. there are many bones attributed to john the baptist. and they cant all be. in this particular case, using radiocarbon, weve managed to show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. >> weve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and were just starting to get a feel for what there is out there. so its very exciting. it gives us a new bit...

It goes, i think. >> in kansas city, professor tom higham of oxford university is trying to figure out a way of drilling into a relic of john the baptist. >> i think its best to go in here. >> he hopes to date the carbon inside the bone and perhaps even get a dna profile that can then be matched against the first century relic he has already tested from bulgaria. >> its the collagen part of the bone that we want to date. thats the protein part. and that, in modern people, is about 20% by weight....