the city of waterford is the oldest city in ireland. it boasts a long history of christianity and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. what s fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland, and rome, as we know, had access to relics from jerusalem. archaeologist georges kazan is joined by scientist tom higham. he is also from oxford university in england, and he will put the relic to the test. for the first time in history, we re able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic archdiocese, and museum curator eamonn mceneaney has secured their permission to test it. and the relic is just inside this? it s just inside this.
now the modern-day investigation into the true cross is gathering pace. the city of waterford is the oldest city in ireland. it boasts a long history of christianity and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. what s fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland. and rome, as we know, had access to relics from jerusalem. archaeologist georges kazan is joined by scientist tom higham. he is also from oxford university in england, and he will put the relic to the test. for the first time in history, we re able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic archdiocese, and museum curator eamonn mceneaney has secured their permission to test it.
and convenience to the government that it s safe enough. reporter: in 2016 he broke the record for a hover board flight traveling 22 meters in the south of france. next week, though, he ll attempt to go much much further still going from france to inengland to mark the anniversary of the first flight across. if he makes it, the ride will blow away his previous record as he gets the first real bird s-eye view of the english channel. all it really took was a man with a dream that he was determined to put into practice and of course the recent changes in the technology, the fact drone technology has been such a game changer lowing for stabilizers to be made much much smaller. of course we will have to wait some time. oh, my gosh, the future is now. thank you very much for that
and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. what s fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland, and rome as we know, had access to relics from jerusalem. archeologist george kazan is joined by scientist tom hooil. he is also from oxford university in england and he will put the relic to the test. for the first time in history we re able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic arch diocese. and museum curator aman mcmeany has secured their permission to test it. the relic is just inside had? it s just inside this. is it an ancient script? it says a piece of the wood of the true cross, and it was given to the king of muenster by
christianity. and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. what s fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland and rome as we know had access to relics from jerusalem. archaeologist george kazan is joined by scientist tom higham. he is also from oxford university in england, and he will put the relic to the test. for the first time in history, we re able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic archdiocese. and museum curator eamon has secured their permission to test it. and the relic is just inside this? it s just inside this. is that a modern script or an ancient script? no, it s a 12th century script. it says a piece of the wood of the true cross, and it was given