we want to date the bone collagen. we don t want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully, it s just the surface that s been that s been treated. tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a test sample without destroying the relic. okay. i think that s enough. we re done. by exploring aspects such as the date and the genetic origin of this relic, we might be able to begin the journey towards testing this tradition. in india, 7 million thomas christians believe their ancestors were baptized by thomas after he was sent by jesus to spread the story of the resurrection in the first century. his arrival in kerala and his mission to baptize the local people are recalled and celebrated in local song and
if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. and then we ve got a couple of screws here, by the look of it, and then you can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. okay. keep going. i ve got the bone. yep. it s quite a big bone. it s like a forearm, isn t it? yes. it s supposed to be the left radius. what about the surface? how s it looking to you? this could be a problem because that s got a quite a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it. we want to date the bone collagen. we don t want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully, it s just the surface that s been that s been treated. tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a test sample without destroying the relic.
if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. and then we ve got a couple of screws here, by the look of it. and then we can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. okay. it s quite a big bone. it s like a forearm, isn t it? yes, it s supposed to be the left radius. what about the surface? how is it looking to you? this could be a problem, because that s got a got a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it. we want to date the bone collagen. we don t want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully it s just the surface that s been treated. tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a test sample without destroying
whether thomas went to india. we re hoping to get a small sample to find out more about the relic. if you look closely, you can just see the relic through the window here. then you have a couple screws here, by the look of it. then you can just lift this right off and get access to the relic. okay. keep going. it s supposed to be the left radius. what about the surface? how is it looking to you? this could be a problem because that has a lot of surface varnish or consolidation on it. we want to date the bone, we don t want to date this stuff. when you have an important bone, people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully it s just the surface that s been treated.
relic. if you look closely, you can see the relic through the window here. you ve got a couple of screws here and can get access to the relic. what about the surface. how is that looking to you? when you have an important bone people tend to cover it with a protecting material. hopefully it s just the surface that s being treated. tom needs to extract enough organic material to provide a