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Baptist, a box the church believe contains relics of his bones. >> bulgaria was the first time that we had really formally investigated using modern scientific techniques. a relic that was found in a place which had a very liable context. >> and when the results of the carbon dating finally come in, they discover something truly remarkable. >> when it came through, my jaw was a little bit down on the floor. >> right there, 30 a.d., that's when john the baptist is thought to have died. you can see the date fits right within that margin. >> 30 a.d., a date consistent with the death of john the b...

Monastery dedicated to john the baptist, a box the church believe contains relics of his bones. >> bulgaria was the first time that we had really formally investigated using modern scientific techniques. a relic that was found in a place which had a very liable context. >> and when the results of the carbon dating finally come in, they discover something truly remarkable. >> when it came to day three, my jaw was a little bit down on the floor. >> right there, 30 a.d., that's when john the baptist is thought to have died. you can see the date fits right within that margin. >> 30 a.d., a date co...

>> by the start of the 2nd century, christianity was at a crossroads. after the crucifixion of jesus around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started took on a new life.a. so they compiled books. but to the south, the desert sounds of egypt, the group of

People call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it's a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. >> this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. >> jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars say, the jews were desper...

By the start of the second century. christianity was at a crossroads. after the crucifixion around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started took on a new life. inspired by the leadership of the apostles peter and paul, the message of the resurrected jesus spread into the heart of the roman empire. but success brought persecution and death. as christianity's early leaders began to die out, it was critical to keep the story of jesus alive. they compiled books, what we know today as the new testament. to the south, in the desert sands of egypt, the group of christian monks and...