Forensics scientist finds Cervantes tomb in Madrid 400 years after his death.
The author was buried in 1616 in the Convent of Trinitarians, located in “Barrio de Las Letras” in Madrid; but his remains were moved on to a near new construction after a rebuilt in the 17th Century. Since then, nobody knew exactly the place where the burial was sitting.
“It was a difficult and laborious investigation work”, said Dr. Garcia, member of the forensics team.
This search would be guided by clues from the author’s life and historical evidences. For example, is said he died aged 68 and, curiously, with six teeth in his mouth.
Scientist read a lot of documents until they rediscovered a forgotten crypt which was analyzed using the ultimate technology such 3D scanners, infrared cameras or radars. …show more content…
“The remains were in bad state”-Dr. Garcia said-“And we couldn’t make an individual identification as no descendants of the author have been located”.
Surprisingly, Cervantes was buried in a modest coffin, as he died poor and without fame, on April 22, 1616. Now, this discovery it would be a tribute to the author of “Don Quixote of La
The author was buried in 1616 in the Convent of Trinitarians, located in “Barrio de Las Letras” in Madrid; but his remains were moved on to a near new construction after a rebuilt in the 17th Century. Since then, nobody knew exactly the place where the burial was sitting.
“It was a difficult and laborious investigation work”, said Dr. Garcia, member of the forensics team.
This search would be guided by clues from the author’s life and historical evidences. For example, is said he died aged 68 and, curiously, with six teeth in his mouth.
Scientist read a lot of documents until they rediscovered a forgotten crypt which was analyzed using the ultimate technology such 3D scanners, infrared cameras or radars. …show more content…
“The remains were in bad state”-Dr. Garcia said-“And we couldn’t make an individual identification as no descendants of the author have been located”.
Surprisingly, Cervantes was buried in a modest coffin, as he died poor and without fame, on April 22, 1616. Now, this discovery it would be a tribute to the author of “Don Quixote of La