Astronomer Copernicus reburied as hero in Poland
Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
FROMBORK, Poland (AP) -- Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave....