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MADRID, SPAIN—Five possible sites for the final resting place of Miguel de Cervantes, the Spanish author of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, have been found by forensic scientists who used infrared cameras, 3-D scanners, and ground penetrating radar to search the Convent of Trinitarians, where the writer’s burial was recorded in 1616. “We still have hope that if Cervantes’ remains were not moved they have to be somewhere under this site,” forensic anthropologist Francisco Exteberria told BBC News. Cervantes survived being shot three times during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571—those injuries could help scientists identify his remains.
