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Article: Seville; famous bones. (Christopher Columbus)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- November 29, 1985
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The five-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America is only six years away; it is therefore not a moment too soon for a new dispute to break out over the place where Columbus's body actually lies buried. Heretofore, the cathedrals of Seville and of Santo Domingo in the West Indies have both claimed the bones of the Great Discoverer. Several new elements in the case have made their appearance, however, in particular a procedure devised by a scientist in California that is supposed to be able to identify the place a person grew up in through isotopic examination of his tood enamel. Applying this test to a molar from Santo Domingo would presumably prove whether or not ...
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