Almost 400 years after he died penniless and virtually unknown, archaeologists are on a quest to discover the lost bones of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the adventures of knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha.The project to find the final resting place of the man credited as the father of the modern novel will begin on Monday when forensic archaeologists will use ground-penetrating radar to explore the earth beneath an old convent in the heart of Madrid.

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