Remains of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, 'found in convent'

Archaeologists and anthropologists say they have positively identified fragments from the body of literary giant who died in 1616 in Madrid

The parts of a casket discovered at Madrid’s Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias Dexcalzas. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Tuesday 17 March 2015 

The remains of literary giant Miguel de Cervantes have been found nearly four centuries after his death, a team of Spanish researchers has said.

“He’s there,” historian Fernando de Prado told the Guardian on Tuesday, referencing fragmented bones found in the floor of the crypt. “We know that some of these bones belong to Cervantes.”
The high-profile search for the remains of one of western literature’s most famous figures began last April, with a team of nearly 30 people peering under the soil of Madrid’s Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias Descalzas with infrared cameras, 3D scanners and ground-penetrating radar.
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