older it is. we can date anything from the present day back to about 50,000 years ago. in less than 20 minutes, they may solve an enigma that dates back 2,000 years. this should just about be finished now. let s just have a look and see what we can see. could the waterford cross be part of the cross helena is said to have discovered? let s just have a look and see what the result is. we can see that here. this relic of the true cross dates from 1100 a.d. that s not the age of the true cross. okay. maybe around 1100. it s not the date they were hoping for. but it does reveal the relic s rich history. it s very interesting because it seems to match in with the date of the script on the back of the reliquary. this is a time when the cross, the symbol of the cross, and the
like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee booker wright, who had been working at lusco s as a waiter wince he was 14 years old. booker: thanks to y all. we don t have a real menu. i d be glad to tell you what we re gonna serve tonight. anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. booker s entertaining recitation of the menu at lusco s was famous around town, so they asked him to do his usual routine for the camera. booker: we have fresh shrimp cocktail, lusco s shrimp, fresh oysters on a half shell, baked oysters, oyster rockefeller, oyster almadine. anthony: but at the endf his usl litany is where he dropped the truth bomb that nobo was ready for, right here. booker: now as with my customers, i say my customers, be respecting of me. some people nice, some is not. some call me booker, some call me john, s
years ago. in less than 20 minutes, they may solve an enigma that dates back 2,000 years. this should just about be finished now. let s just have a look and see what we can see. could the waterford cross be part of the cross helena is said to have discovered? let s just have a look and see what the result is. we can see that here. this relic of the true cross dates from 1100 a.d. that s not the age of the true cross. okay. maybe around 1100. it s not the date they were hoping for. but it does reveal the relic s rich history. it s very interesting because it seems to match in with the date of the script on the back of the reliquary. this is a time when the cross, the symbol of the cross, and the relic of the cross were
it seems to match in with the date of the script on the back of the reliquary. this is a time when the cross, the symbol of the cross, and the relic of the cross were exceptionally important for the spread of christianity. so the fact that this relic was created around that time goes to support how important that phenomenon was. for hundreds of years after the legend of helena s discovery, the true cross continued to play a central role in the story of christianity. and though this relic is only 1,000 years old, others may prove far older. this is the first step in a long journey to investigate more relics of this type and see if any could go back as far as the time of helena or even the time of christ. at the church of the holy sepulcher in jerusalem, they continue to celebrate helena s discovery of the true cross. in a church she built, in a city
present day back to about 50,000 years ago. in less than 20 minutes, they may solve an enigma that dates back 2,000 years. this should just about be finished now. let s just have a look and see what we can see. could the waterford cross be part of the cross helena is said to have discovered? let s just have a look and see what the result is. we can see that here. this relic of the true cross dates from 1100 a.d. that s not the age of the true cross. kay. maybe around 1100. it s not the date they were hoping for. but it does reveal the relic s rich history. it s very interesting because it seems to match in with the date of the script on the back of the reliquary. this is a time when the cross, the symbol of the cross, and the relic of the cross were