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Inside Europe - Spanish archaeologists solve literary riddle

Lauren FrayerAugust 7, 2015

Spanish archaeologists have solved one of the country's most enduring literary mysteries. They've found the long-lost remains of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. Cervantes is renowned as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, he died four centuries ago. Legend has it he was buried under a Madrid convent but never got a gravestone. Lauren Frayer picks up the story from there.

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