Through DNA testing to untie Schiller and false header guzhimi

[] Message: Germany 18th century poet, philosopher and playwright Schiller died, has been out for two allegedly belonging to his skull skull. 100 years of science and history scholars have been arguing for this.

Recently, Germany Bonn city archaeologists have excavated from the local cemetery in the Schiller's wife Charlotte and their second son, William, the skeletons of Germany and Austria of archaeologists will conduct DNA tests on these remains, test results and two Schiller compares the skulls of DNA, in the hope of making it to untie and false header guzhimi.

Schiller 1805 died of tuberculosis, was only 45 years old, remains were buried in Weimar city in a common grave. Subsequently, Schiller's widow to Schiller's buried in the Tomb to a single, but couldn't find his Sabbath.

In Schiller's death, after 21 years in Weimar Mayor Siva Chief decided to retrieve from the cemetery of Schiller's skull. However, due to the grave erosion through bacteria, coffins, grave was rotten bones and skulls, skeletons and one from the public vaults, the Mayor was found in the skull approximately 23 may in the end he wishfully to pick out the maximum of a skull.

Because he thinks: so clever, head of the great poet also certain people than usual. The skull and an allegedly belong to Schiller's skeletons were stored in a local Grand Duke library. Later, after a friend, the great poet Goethe once saved and transferred to the Weimar city in a new tomb burial.

Decades later, Germany famous Anatomy home hailmann · Wilkes on "Schiller skull" authenticity questioned, he believes that only by skull size judgment approach too loose. Not wanted, in 1911, from Weimar public vaults and discover the 63 skull, literature scholar Al-Brecht · snow Nye and Schiller researchers Augustus · Feng · froriep believed that one of the skull is the real Schiller skull.

Since then, "Schiller skull" became Germany scientific and literary debate. Because even the experts don't know which is the Schiller, second "Schiller skull" in 1914, was transferred to the Weimar referendum Memorial of Schiller's catacombs.