Copernicus tomb mystery solved

[glenc]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/copernicus-tomb-mystery-solved/2008/11/21/1226770737902.html
WARSAW: DNA studies on two strands of hair and a tooth have ended a centuries-old hunt for the tomb of Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer who shocked the world by declaring that the Earth was not the centre of the universe...
Frombork is near the Kaliningrad border and is about 70km east of Gdansk.

[Omaroo]

Thanks for that Glen!

As as adjunct to this story is one of the search itself - interesting reading.

http://archeologia.ah.edu.pl/Frombork_eng.html

[GrahamL]

Dosn't look to differant to a few astronomers you might bump at a star party today .. he would of had a bit of growth round the chin and probably smelt a bit wrong maybe ???