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Use the mass spectrometer. it 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 world during the time. >> now the scientists' work is done. they can only wait for a final answer. could this bone belong to john the baptist? is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a ge...

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 world during the time. >> 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. meet thsuperpower.ewest energy surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one

>> 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 finger containing collagen, the most reliable material for carbon dating. >> it's very tricky in order to get a decent-sized sample. so we're constantly battling against curator's wishes...

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. >> the result isn't surprising to me. there are many bones attr...

>> guards! >> i think when john the baptist realizes that herod is going to execute him is this astonishing sense of ending and conclusion. and he knew, as a prophet, this is the completion of a prophetic call. >> the scientific quest to date the kansas city finger bone attributed to john the baptist is reaching its climax. >> successful in retrieving enough material for an accurate reading at oxford university's archaeology research lab, they use the mass spectrometer. it will analyze the amount of carbon in the sample and, through that, determine the relic's age. >> using scientific techniqu...