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In this particular case we have managed to show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. >> we have tested now two relics of john the baptist. one day from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and we're starting to get a feel for what there is out there. it gives us a new bit of information and i'm hopeful that we'll go forward from here and ask more questions and test more relics. >> for tom and george the investigation goes on with as many as 200 relics associated with john the baptist they hope they may once again find a piece ...

Compare the carbon data relic with the one we've already obtained from bulgaria. >> the bone has been identified as a human bone coming from a hand. >> what's interesting about the finger is it's part of a medieval treasure, the guelph treasure, that has connections with the german lord henry the lion. we know that he visited constantinople and requested relics. but it's possible that may have had origins much older than that. ♪ >> 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 w...

And he knew, as a prophet, this is the completion of a prophetic call. >> successful in retrieving enough material for an accurate reading at oxford university's archaeology research lab they prepare the sample. the machine will analyze the amount of radio carbon in the sample and through that determine the relic's age. >> using scientific techniques now for the first time its possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals to understand more about the movement and passage of relics. >> now the scientist work is done. they can only wait for a final

Trying to figure out a way of drilling into a relic of john the baptist. >> i think it's 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. >> it's the collagen part of the bone that we want to date. that's the protein part. and that, in modern people, is about 20% by weight. but of course, in older materials, the collagen decays and degrades. and so it's often not present in that large an amount. and of course, when we're dating very small relics, ti...

Coming of the lord, the lord being jesus himself. >> 2,000 years on, the possibility that john and jesus are related has triggered fresh investigation into the study of john the baptist's relics. with their ongoing quest to trace how his relics were scattered, british researchers tom higham and george kazan have 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. it's gilt silver. it dates from about the year...