Lost remains of 'Don Quixote' author found in Madrid convent

Researchers announced Wednesday they've found the long lost remains of Spanish Don Quixote novelist Miguel de Cervantes in a Madrid convent

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The announcement comes after a year-long excavation in the crypt of the Barefoot Trinitarians convent in Madrid's historic Barrio de Las Letras, or Literary Quarter.

Madrid-based newspaper El Pais cautioned that researchers have yet to verify the find with DNA evidence. However it quoted pathologist and project director Francisco Etxebarria who said that that it's likely the fragments belong to the novelist Read more...

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