The Head of St. John the Baptist

[VoxClamantis]

Well, this is both a fascinating and an INFURIATING video. The way some people go out of the way to downplay Christ is disgusting. Prepare to shake a fist at the screen. But the scientific aspects of this and what they say about the relics are very interesting:

(If these are the bones of St. John the Baptist, we have a common maternal ancestor, both belonging to Haplogroup J (Strangely, I'm J on both sides, even though my Dad was 100% Italian with some Ashkenazi  in there somewhere, and my Mom's people came from Ireland -- though I'd guess they were actually English)! That's even better than knowing I'm somehow related to King Richard III, who was also Haplogroup J!)