Copernicus found.

It's crazy to think that Copernicus, one of the godfathers of astrology, has been in an unknown grave for all these years. Copernicus is the first known to have challenged the Catholic Church's notion that the sun revolves around the Earth, as was supported by biblical interpretations. This revolutionary theory laid the groundwork for many future astrologists. His findings were later published, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, as he lay upon his death bed. Story has it that as the first printing was laid upon his bed, Copernicus woke from a coma, read the manuscript, and then passed. Copernicus was later buried somewhere within the Cathedral of Frauenburg.

Archeologists over the years have searched to find Copernicus' final resting place, and now it is thoroughly believed that they have found the body of Copernicus.

Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

Polish archaeologist Jerzy Gassowski told a news conference that forensic facial reconstruction of the skull that his team found in 2005 buried in a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Frombork, Poland, bears striking resemblance to existing portraits of Copernicus.

The reconstruction shows a broken nose and other features that resemble a self-portrait of Copernicus, and the skull bears a cut mark above the left eye that corresponds with a scar shown in the painting.

Moreover, the skull belonged to a man aged around 70 — Copernicus's age when he died in 1543.

In addition, Swedish genetics expert Marie Allen found that DNA from a tooth and femur bone matched that taken from two hairs retrieved from a book that the 16th-century Polish astronomer owned, which is kept at a library of Sweden's Uppsala University where Allen works.
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