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>> the scientific quest to date the kansas 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 prepare the sample for the 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 the first time it's really possible to build up a template of scientific similarities between different individuals to understand more about the movements and the p...

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? ♪ prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on b...

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 reliable 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 ...

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 reliable 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 baptist. the dna results go even further, indicating the ...

Successful in retrieving enough material for an accurate reading at oxford university's archaeology research lab, they 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? with not food, become food? t...