MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ ART'S AGENCY
presents a documentary film by MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ "COPERNICUS TOMB MYSTERY" camera GRZEGORZ DOLECKI WOYTEK HABASIŃSKI MARIAN GORLIKOWSKI MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ edited by RADECK MOENERT MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ music ARS NOVA 50 min. version, CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE, WASHINGTON, D.C. , DECEMBER 3, 2009
presents a documentary film by MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ "COPERNICUS TOMB MYSTERY" camera GRZEGORZ DOLECKI WOYTEK HABASIŃSKI MARIAN GORLIKOWSKI MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ edited by RADECK MOENERT MICHAŁ JUSZCZAKIEWICZ music ARS NOVA 50 min. version, CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE, WASHINGTON, D.C. , DECEMBER 3, 2009
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus, one of the world's greatest astronomers, was buried in an unmarked grave in Frombork, Poland. The exact location of his grave remained a mystery until recently, when a joint Polish/Swedish team of scientists announced that they had matched DNA extracted from bones unearthed in Frombork with DNA extracted from hair discovered in a book once owned by Copernicus but now in Uppsala, Sweden.
Documentary "Copernicus tomb mystery" shows all the discovery process leading to confirm that after five years of researching and excavations, team of Polish and Swedish scientists lead by prof. Jerzy Gąssowski, found the forgotten place and remains of Nicolaus Copernicus, famous astronomer, the author of Heliocentric Theory described in his book "De revolutionibus". Our film crew was the only one which had exclusive permission to shoot for five years all that exceptional and amazing discovery.
Documentary "Copernicus tomb mystery" shows all the discovery process leading to confirm that after five years of researching and excavations, team of Polish and Swedish scientists lead by prof. Jerzy Gąssowski, found the forgotten place and remains of Nicolaus Copernicus, famous astronomer, the author of Heliocentric Theory described in his book "De revolutionibus". Our film crew was the only one which had exclusive permission to shoot for five years all that exceptional and amazing discovery.
24th May 1543.
In Frombork, Poland canons bury one of the greatest world astronomers, the author of the work of genius De revolutionibus under the Cathedral tiled floor. Nobody bothered to mark the burial site. For centuries, Copernicus' grave was looked for in vain.
Poland, Frombork Archsee. Inside view.
Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Gąssowski - multidisciplinary team leader. The Pultusk Academy of Humanities
3rd November 2005
Polish scientists team lead by prof. Jerzy Gąssowski, announce to the world sensational news: we have most likely found the grave of Nicolas Copernicus. The investigators were faced with the task of approving the discovery using DNA tests proposed by prof. Wiesław Bogdanowicz.
Polish scientists team lead by prof. Jerzy Gąssowski, announce to the world sensational news: we have most likely found the grave of Nicolas Copernicus. The investigators were faced with the task of approving the discovery using DNA tests proposed by prof. Wiesław Bogdanowicz.
prof. Wiesiek Bogdanowicz - Head of the Museum & Institute of Zoology PAS
The next three years were devoted to solving the secret of Copernicus’ code, by identifing mitochondrial DNA from the skull and searching for DNA material for comparision research. In our document you will follow closely the research from finding the skull to the last unprecedented discovery of two Copernicus' hairs in the Stoefler Almanach from Copernicus private library kept now in Uppsala, Sweden.
Uppsala, Sweden. Polish and Swedish scientists searching for Copernicus hairs in the Stoefler Almanach.
Above you could see the exact moment of picking up the real Copernicus hair from the Almanach in Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala, Sweden. We stressed that all the materials in our film are not stage set. Below you could see the screen shot from our documentary with Copernicus hair from Schoener Almamach in the glass tube.
Copernicus hair. Museum Gustavianum,Uppsala, Sweden.
All the expenses of "Copernicus tomb mystery" film, were covered by Michał Juszczakiewicz Art's Agency. Almost all the expenses of the archeological research were covered by the Pułtusk Academy of Humanities, with some support from Professor Konrad Jażdżewski's Foundation for Archeological Research in Łódź. Since 2006 the research has been sponsored by Leopold Kronenberg Fundation - City Bank.
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