possibility and john and jesus are related triggered the investigation into the study of john the baptist. with their ongoing quest to trace how relics are scattered, british researchers have come to the atkin museum in kansas city, missouri. they want to analyze the ancient treasure. could it come from the same individual as the bulgaria find. this is containing the relic. what s exciting about the kansas baptist relic is we got to compare the radio carbonated with the ones we obtained in bulgaria. the bones have been identified as a human bone.
cautionary tale to others that might stand up publicly against them as john did . in 2010, the world of archaeology was galvanized by 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 georges 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? you can see here is the the actual date, that it s between 661 to 770 a.d. right. so that s much younger than john the baptist.
orthodox christian deldsdicated john the baptist, a box believed to contain relics of his bones. the first time we use scientific technique of a relic found in a place that had liable context. when the results of the carbonating finally came in, they discovered something remarkable. my jaw wu down on the ground. you can see the date fits right in that margin. 30 a.d., a date consistent with john the baptist. the dna results go further indicating the bones came from ah a middle eastern man. could these actually be the
the science does matter. even if a relic is 1,000 years old or 1,500 years old, venerating a relic maintains that connection with the tradition, with our past. we hear from the gospels that when jesus heard that john died, he actually withdrew into the wilderness and spent some time on his own. it was obviously a traumatic event in jesus life. the idea of someone dear to you that had been beheaded must have struck his heart, but it didn t change anything about the mission. in fact, it must have emboldened him. jesus saw john as the catalyst for change, as the person who signaled that now was
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 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? man: so i m not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked. my friend recommended safelite autoglass. they came right to me, with expert service