Thursday, February 5, 2015

Coffin found with Miguel de Cervantes’ initials

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Researchers searching for the remains of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes have found a coffin with the initials M.C.


Experts searching for the remains of Miguel de Cervantes said Monday that they found wooden fragments of a casket bearing the initials “M.C.” with bones in and around them in a crypt underneath the chapel of a cloistered convent in Madrid.


Archaeologists made the find over the weekend during excavations to solve the centuries-old mystery of where the famed Spanish writer was laid to rest. The initials on a plank of the coffin were formed with metal tacks embedded into the wood.


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Story: AP | Photo: Aranzadi Science Society/AP Photo



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