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http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-3 2,GGLG:en&q=Copernicus Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Sawyer > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:16 PM > To: Sundial List > Subject: Copernicus > > Copernicus' Grave Found in Polish Church > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > November 03,2005 | WARSAW, Poland -- Polish archeologists > believe they have located the grave of 16th-century > astronomer and solar-system proponent Nicolaus Copernicus in > a Polish church, one of the scientists announced Thursday. > > Copernicus, who died in 1543 at 70 after challenging the > ancient belief that the sun revolved around the earth, was > buried at the Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of > Frombork, 180 miles north of the capital, Warsaw. > > Jerzy Gassowski, head of an archaeology and anthropology > institute in Pultusk, central Poland, said his four-member > team found what appears to be the skull of the Polish > astronomer and clergyman in August, after a one-year search > of tombs under the church floor. > > "We can be almost 100 percent sure this is Copernicus," > Gassowski told The Associated Press by phone after making the > announcement during a meeting of scientists. > > Gassowski said police forensic experts used the skull to > reconstruct a face that closely resembled the features -- > including a broken nose and scar above the left eye -- on a > Copernicus self-portrait. The experts also determined the > skull belonged to a man who died at about age 70. > > The grave was in bad condition and not all remains were > found, Gassowski said, adding that his team will try to find > relatives of Copernicus to do more accurate DNA identification. > > (from the Associated Press) > > Fred Sawyer > > > - > -
