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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Casket find could reveal remains of Cervantes\
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Researchers have found part of a casket bearing the initials of Miguel de Cervantes. The bones inside the coffin, which are apparently mixed up with those of other burials, are being analysed to see if they belong to the author of \'93Don Quixote\'94\
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Puerta del Sol\
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Convent\
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MADRID\
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200m 650ft\
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Atocha Station\
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Convent of Trinitarians: Cervantes buried here after his death in 1616, but remains were lost during reconstruction work in late 17th century\
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Church\
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FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION\
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As a young soldier Cervantes was wounded at the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, which pitted Ottoman forces against the Holy League, led by Spain\
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Investigation will refer to author\'92s own stories, in which he relates that shortly before his death he had only six teeth\
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Team of forensic experts looking for body of 68-year-old male showing signs of musket shots \'96 one or two in chest and one that paralyzed his left hand\
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Cervantes thought to have suffered from osteoarthritis of spine\
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Crypt\
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Wooden fragments of casket containing bones of at least 10 people found in niche in crypt underneath convent chapel\
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\cf0 Initials \'93M.C.\'94 formed with metal tacks embedded into wood\
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The surviving documentation indicates he died of Diabetes, a result of a cirrhosis of the liver.\
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Sources: Wire agencies Pictures: AP,\
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