there s not many relics that are anything like this size. there s a little window here where you can actually touch the wood itself. unfortunately, we can t open up this reliquary and take this wood with us or subject it to any scientific sampling. however, what i d really like to do is to get something like it into a proper laboratory environment where we can explore it further. to help him in his search, dr. kazan s starting point is a fascinating project by a 19th century french architect named charles rohault de fleury. he set out to add up all the pieces of the true cross. this map shows the places which he documented as having wood of the cross, and he worked out that all of this wood from all the places that he d been to didn t come up to 10 percent of the total volume needed to put
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he set out to add up all the pieces of the true cross. this map shows the places which he documented as having wood of the cross, and he worked out that all of this wood from all the places that he d been to didn t come up to 10 percent of the total volume needed to put up a cross of the size required to crucify christ. if rohault de fleury is right, calvin must be wrong. now kazan will use de fleury s map to help locate relics that his team can then carbon-date. we would want to find relics, subjecting these to scientific analysis just to see how much of the legend might be true. dr. kazan s hunt for churches that will grant him access to the true cross will take him around the world, but the story
truth about the origins of this relic. is it something that dates back from the time of christ? this relic is said to have been brought in the 5th century from jerusalem by a monk called toribio, and this relic is enormous by the standards of relics of the cross. there s not many relics that are anything like this size. there s a little window here where you can actually touch the wood itself. unfortunately, we can t open up this reliquary and take this wood with us or subject it to any scientific sampling. however, what i d really like to do is to get something like it into a proper laboratory environment where we can explore it further. to help him in his search, dr. kazan s starting point is a fascinating project by a 19th century french architect named charles rohault de fleury.