Scientists say they have probably solved the mystery of where the father of modern astronomy was buried. Nicolaus Copernicus' 16th century theory that the Earth orbits the Sun was a key scientific development. A skull and partial remains were discovered two months ago in Frombork Cathedral in north-eastern Poland. A computer-generated reconstruction of the man's face bears a strong enough resemblance to portraits of Copernicus to convince the scientists. The remains were examined by specialists at the central crime laboratory in the Polish capital, Warsaw. They found it was the skull of a man who had died aged 60-70. Copernicus died in 1543 aged 70. Their computer-generated reconstruction shows a white-haired man with a large nose and a small scar above one of his piercing eyes. Copernicus lived and worked at Frombork cathedral.

For many years he was canon there and only carried out his astronomical studies in his spare time. But despite several archaeological searches, his grave was never located - until last summer's apparent breakthrough.

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How do they know that he had white hair and a crooked nose? Since we're all interested in what he looked like, how would we feel if he had been bald? Nonetheless, I bet he had pointy ears, at the least. LOL!

I'd like to know how they went about reconstructing dude's face. What did they go on to find out whether he had white hair and a scar?

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if you read it, it states the facial reconstruction looks the same as those in paintings that include copernicus. so if the pictures all show he has a scar and white and also a crooked nose, then its safe to say that the facial reconstruction can also include his scar, nose and hair colour.

u know ther is such thing as computurized facial reconstuction but it so compiilcated i can't explain it

They found him at a church still pissing off the catholics over 450 years later

yeah i think i would if they burn me at the stake but why in the world would they not get rid of him



( oh and i know this is off topic but its been bugging me whats that thing with the chains attached to it, leial in ur sig )

why does everyone ignore my comments...

they know his features due to paintings that include him within them. they found his skull, and through facial reconstruction made the basic face, with a touch of the paintings showing how he looked, they could add to it his features - as in his scar and white hair...

hey leial wats that thing in ur sig thats attached to chains in ur sig ( yes i know this is off topic )

Interesting find, although I`m sure there will always be those that argue that we still haven`t found him.