Casket find could lead to remains of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes

‘M.C.’ written in tacks on a casket beneath a convent in Madrid could lead to resting place of Don Quixote

Researchers looking for the remains of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes have found part of a casket at a Madrid convent bearing the initials of the Don Quixote author.

The team made the find over the weekend inside an alcove in the crypt at the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians during excavations aimed at solving the mystery of the writer’s final resting place.

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