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>> in 2010, the world of archaeology was galvanized by the discovery in bulgaria of a relic whose date and dna are compatible with those of john the baptist. in oxford's archaeology lab, tom and george wait for the results of this new test. as they work to build up a comprehensive date map of john the baptist's relics across europe, could this latest test match the individual from bulgaria? >> here's the actual date between 661 to 770 a.d. >> right. >> so that's much younger than john the baptist. it's not john the baptist. >> so it's not the same finger that we looked at in bulgaria.

Engineers cautiously optimistic they can contain the flooding risk. but more rain is on the way. joining me now in the studio, pedram javaherjavaheri. >> it's far from over. people have been evacuated. they're not allowed back. there's a lot more rain coming and more snow potentially. the concern is, if the emergency spillway were to fail, it's the same thing as if the dam were to fail in its entirety. the number one loss of life in california state history was the 1906 san francisco quake. numb in per two, was the st. francis dam failure. it has the chance to be disastrous. officials are no...

>> i have been stuck in this spot for 20 minutes, and i'm not going nowhere. >> reporter: the problem all stemming from the oroville dam in northern california, now at record levels and in danger of spilling over after a series of storms. at 770 feet high, the dam is america's tallest. it releases water from lake oroville through a spillway. the problem started last tuesday when a massive hole developed in in the spillway's concrete base, forcing it to allow water over this wall into the adjacent emergency spillway. here are the dramatic images of the water going over the wall for the first ti...

Area, where the water levels were at 33% of capacity. this dam sits at 235 meters or 770 feet high, it's a good bit taller than the hoover dam. this is what it looked like in 2011, pre-troudrought. and now exceeding 101% of compa capacity, so it shows you where we were, where we are now with the video you're seeing. the deadly event in california history was in 1906. it was the san francisco earthquake that took over 3,000 lives. the second deadliest was the collapse of a dam. the dam here is not jeopardized. but the spillways, because of the tremendous amount of water. you get too much water ...

Weather center with a look at the situation now and also a weight. he drives and now it's a different story. >> it's down to 33% of the yorgy how well. how could we have known, that's out for a couple of days ago. >> show me where we're located, the wall is 235 meters, 770 feet high. it's higher than theu! uber dam. this is where the damage has been found and they're dropping rocks to be able to fix the predators. they're in the emergency spill way and it was built backç in 1968, that spill way had not been used until saturday. want to show you this, when you're going for a close look just n...