Why Spain searched for the bones of its greatest author

Scientists and researchers in Madrid claim to have uncovered the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, the great Spanish writer who died in 1616. The author of "Don Quixote," considered by many to be the first modern novel, was buried in the Convent of Barefoot Trinitarians, but his coffin was lost after the site was rebuilt […]

















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