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We want to date the bone collagen. we dont want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully, its just the surface thats been -- thats been treated. >> tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a test sample without destroying the relic. >> okay. i think thats enough. were done. >> by exploring aspects such as the date and the genetic origin of this relic, we might be able to begin the journey towards testing thi...

>> if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. and then weve got a couple of screws here, by the look of it, and then you can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. okay. keep going. ive got the bone. yep. its quite a big bone. its like a forearm, isnt it? >> yes. its supposed to be the left radius. what about the surface? hows it looking to you? >> this could be a problem because thats got a quite a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it. we wa...

>> if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. and then weve got a couple of screws here, by the look of it. and then we can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. >> okay. >> its quite a big bone. its like a forearm, isnt it? >> yes, its supposed to be the left radius. >> what about the surface? how is it looking to you? >> this could be a problem, because thats got a -- got a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it. we want to date the bone col...

Whether thomas went to india. were hoping to get a small sample to find out more about the relic. >> if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. then you have a couple screws here, by the look of it. then you can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. >> okay. keep going. >> its supposed to be the left radius. >> what about the surface? how is it looking to you? >> this could be a problem because that has a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it...

Relic. >> if you look closely, you can see the relic through the window here. >> youve got a couple of screws here and can get access to the relic. >> what about the surface. how is that looking to you? >> when you have an important bone people tend to cover it with a protecting material. >> hopefully its just the surface thats being treated. >> tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a

The relic. >> if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. then you have a a couple screws here by the look of it. then you can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. >> keep going. >> its supposed to be the left radius. >> what about the surface? how is it looking to you? >> this could be a problem because that has a lot of surface varnish on it. we want to date the bone, we dont want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to ...