Excavation in the town of Frombork conducted by an archaeology organization discovered a rare-find compass that dates back 500 years and could have been used by Copernicus.
A small ancient tool was unearthed in the canonical gardens of Frombork, Poland, that dates back 500 years. The find was a rare compass made from copper. Its shape slightly resembles that of a wishbone in that it is connected at the top with the two prongs extending into the shape of a letter V. The find was announced by the group responsible for its finding, Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna, in a Facebook post on Aug. 4, 2024.
'We discovered an ancient compass that probably belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus,' the Misja Skarb Foundation, a group also involved in the find, wrote on a translated webpage organized by Michael Antcza and dedicated to raising money for archaeological research. 'This tool could be used by an astronomer to perform precise measurements and calculations that were crucial in his astronomical research.
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