ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK
Was Tycho Brahe Murdered by a Contract Killer?
By Matthias Schulz <mailto:Matthias_Schulz at spiegel.de>
*Over 400 years after the death of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, scientists in Prague are preparing to exhume his body. Was Europe's most renowned scholar poisoned with mercury? A Danish scholar claims to have decoded the murderer's diary.*
Walls of people formed to watch a funeral procession pass through the streets of Prague on Nov. 4, 1601. A herald carrying a billowing damask flag was followed by 12 imperial guards bearing a coffin covered with black satin. The man inside wore a full suit of armor.
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