Found Galileo's teeth

Two fingers and a tooth that were taken from the body of the great astronomer Galileo Galilei had just been discovered.

Galileo Galilei (born 1564) is an eminent astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher of Italy. He was tried by the Vatican in the Inquisition by saying that the earth revolves around the sun. At that time the Bible taught that the earth is the center of the universe and all celestial bodies, including the sun, revolve around it. In court, Galileo had to swear he would give up heliocentrism. But as soon as he stepped out of the courtroom, the astronomer said loudly: " The earth is still spinning anyway! "

The astronomer died in 1642. In 1737 his body was taken into the church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.

Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Italian Museum of History of Science, said that on this occasion Galatian admirers tried to steal his body parts. They get three fingers, one vertebra and one tooth. A finger was found shortly after and now lies in the History of Science. Vertebrae was preserved at the University of Padua - where Galileo taught for many years.

But the prominent astronomer's teeth and two fingers - including his thumb and middle finger on the right - have not been found . Galluzzi said that it was recently discovered that an Italian marquis had kept it. He put bones in wooden boxes and they were passed from generation to generation.

Portrait of astronomer Galileo Galilei. (Photo: Livescience) .

" After knowing it was the bones of Galileo, the descendant of the other marquis decided to auction them. But by 1905, no one knew any information about those bones anymore. scholars think they are gone forever , " Galluzzi told the Telegraph .

But then suddenly the box contained bones that appeared in an auction and a collector bought it . He contacted Galluzzi and some of Florence's cultural officials to ask them to verify if they were Galileo's bones.

With great contributions in the scientific revolution, Galileo was dubbed " the creator of modern astronomy ", "the father of modern physics " and " pioneer of current science." great ". In the early 90s of the last century, Pope John Paul II restored Galileo's honor and declared that the Holy See had made a mistake.

Telegraph said the Museum of Science History will display two fingers and teeth of Galileo in the spring of next year.