Tyge Ottesen Brahe (1546-1601), who postulated that the Moon and Sun both revolve around the Earth but that the other planets orbit the Sun, was Danish born but spent the last two years of his life in Prague in the service of Hapsburg Emperor Rudolph II.
His death is though to have been caused by kidney failure, but there are suspicions that he was deliberately poisoned.
Danish historian Peter Andersen recently speculated that he was murdered by a distant relative, Eric Brahe, on the orders of King Christian IV of Denmark.
Dragoun said the Danish experts led by archaeologist Jens Velles would be assisted by colleagues from the Prague national museum's anthropological institute, and the Czech science academy would examine the remains at the museum's laboratories.
A solemn mass will be held on November 19 when the coffin is replaced in Brahe's tomb in the Gothic church of Our Lady Before Tyn, which dominates the Old Town Square.
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His death is though to have been caused by kidney failure, but there are suspicions that he was deliberately poisoned.
Danish historian Peter Andersen recently speculated that he was murdered by a distant relative, Eric Brahe, on the orders of King Christian IV of Denmark.
Dragoun said the Danish experts led by archaeologist Jens Velles would be assisted by colleagues from the Prague national museum's anthropological institute, and the Czech science academy would examine the remains at the museum's laboratories.
A solemn mass will be held on November 19 when the coffin is replaced in Brahe's tomb in the Gothic church of Our Lady Before Tyn, which dominates the Old Town Square.
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