An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, Florence’s History of Science museum announced.
佛羅倫斯的科學史博物館宣布，一名藝術收藏家發現了義大利知名科學家伽利略．伽利萊的一顆牙、一根拇指與手指。
The body parts, along with another finger and a vertebrate, were cut from Galileo’s corpse by scientists and historians during a burial ceremony held 95 years after his death in 1642. The newly-found relics had passed from one collector to another until they went missing in 1905.
這些遺骸，連同另一根手指與一段椎骨，是死於1642年的伽利略在95年後舉行的葬禮中，被科學家與歷史學家從其遺體切割下來的。這些新發現的遺骸從一位收藏家傳遞到另一位收藏家，直到1905年遺失為止。
They will be exhibited from early 2010, when the museum will re-open after current renovation work and will change its name to the Galileo museum.
它們將從2010年初展示，屆時該博物館在目前整修工程並更名為伽利略博物館後，將重新開幕。
Galileo, born in Pisa in 1564, is considered one of the fathers of modern science due to his studies in physics, mathematics and particularly astronomy, where he led great advances in developing the telescope.
1564年生於比薩的伽利略因其在物理、數學，以及特別在天文學的研究，而被認為是一名現代科學之父；在天文領域，他促使望遠鏡的發展有長足進步。
For 95 years after his death, ecclesiastical authorities refused to allow Galileo to be buried in consecrated ground because his findings were considered contrary to the teachings of the Catholic church. His body now lies in Florence’s Santa Croce church, opposite the tomb of Michelangelo.
在伽利略死後長達95年，教會當權者拒絕讓他下葬於聖地，因為他的發現被認為與天主教教會的教導相牴觸。他的遺體現在長眠於佛羅倫斯的聖十字教堂，對面就是米開朗基羅的墓地。
新聞辭典
relics︰名詞，遺物、遺跡、遺風。例句︰Corporal punishment was a relic of barbarism.（體罰是野蠻文化的遺俗。）
renovation︰名詞，修復、恢復活力、革新。例如︰an ancient house under renovation（一棟翻修中的古宅。）
contrary︰形容詞，對立的、天氣不作美的。例句︰The tour was postponed because of the contrary weather.（這個旅遊因天氣不佳而延期。）
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