centuries later than it ought to be. we ve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and we re just starting to get a feel for what is out there. it s very exciting. it gives us a bit of new information. i m hopeful that we ll go from here and ask more questions and test more relics. for tom and georges, the investigation goes on. with as many as 200 relics associated with john the baptist, they hope they may once again find a piece that could be a match for him bringing science closer to the man who may actually have been jesus blood relation. the science does matter. even if a relic is a thousand years old or 1500 years old, venerating a relic maintains that connection with the tradition, with our past.
to john the baptist. and they can t all be. in this particular case, using radiocarbon, we ve managed to show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. we ve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and we re just starting to get a feel for what there is out there. so it s very exciting. it gives us a new bit of information. 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 that could be a match for him bringing science closer to the man who may actually have been jesus blood relation. the science does matter. even if a relic is 1,000 years old or 1500 years old, venerating a relic maintains that connection with the tradition, with our past. we hear from the gospels tha
show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. we ve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and we re just starting to get a feel for what there is out there. so it s very exciting. it gives us a new bit of information. i m hopeful that we ll go forward from here and ask more questions and test more rel iks. 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 that could be a match for him bringing science closer to the man who may actually have been jesus blood relation. the science does matter. even if a relic is 1,000 years old or 1500 years old, venerating a relic maintains that connection with the
be. we ve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century. we ve had one date from the 7th or 8th century, and we re just starting to get a feel for what is out there. it s very exciting. it gives us a new bit of information, and i m hopeful that we ll go from here and ask more questions and test more relics. for tom and georges, the investigation goes on. with as many as 200 relics associated with john the baptist, they hope they may once again find a piece that could be a match for him bringing science closer to the man who may actually have been jesus blood relation. the science does matter. even if a relic is a thousand years old or 1500 years old, venerating a relic maintains that connection with the tradition, with our past.
to john the baptist. and they can t all be. in this particular case, using radiocarbon, we ve managed to show that the date from this particular bone is about six centuries later than it ought to be. we ve tested now two relics of john the baptist. we had one date from the 1st century and one from the 7th or 8th century and we re just starting to get a feel for what is out there. it s very exciting. it gives us a bit of new information. i m hopeful that we ll go from here and ask more questions and test more relics. for tom and georges, the investigation goes on. with as many as 200 relics associated with john the baptist, they hope they may once again find a piece that coulbe a match for him bringing science closer to the man who may actually have been jesus blood relation. the science does matter. even if a relic is a thousand years old or 1500 years old, venerating a relic maintains