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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 hyam 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 1400. >> what's really exciting about the kansas relic is for the first time we'll be able to compare the ...

The machine will analyze the amount of carbon in the sample and, through that, determine the relic's age. >> using scientific techniques for first time it's really possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals to understand more about the movement and the passage of relics across this part of the worrell during the first millennium a.d. >> now the scientists' work is done. they can only wait for a final answer. could this bone belong to john the baptist? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save.

Accelerator mass spectrometer. the machine will analyze the amount of radiocarbon in the sample and, through that, determine the relic's age. >> using scientific techniques now for first time it's really possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals who understand more about the movement and the passage of relics across this part of the world during the first millennium a.d. >> now the scientists' work is done. they can only wait for a final answer. could this bone belong to john the baptist? bring us your baffling. bring us your audacious. we want yo...

John the baptist's relics. with their ongoing quest to trace how his relics were scattered, british researchers tom hyam 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 silver. it dates from about the year 1400. >> what's really exciting about the kansas baptist relic is that for the first time we'll be able to compare the carbon data relic with the one we've already obtained fr...

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 we'll look at it now? >> sitting in an elaborate gilt housing dating back to the 14th century, for the researchers, the challenge will be how to remove the bone from its precious casing. ♪ and when they try to extract the bone from its mount, there's a problem. >> the mount does not come off of the bone. >> oh, you mean i can't actually take the bone out? >> no. >> and that means tom will struggle to reach the central part of the...