Remains to be exhumed in Columbus row

From: The Scotsman | Date: October 15, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

A DISPUTE over the final resting place of Christopher Columbus may be on the verge of being settled as historians propose exhuming his alleged remains to settle the 110-year-old mystery of his whereabouts.

A commission in the Dominican Republic will this week consider a request to open up the guarded mausoleum in Santo Domingo, in which Columbus's bones are said to lie, to allow DNA testing that will establish their authenticity.

Several thousand miles away, however, the same process is being pursued at a cathedral in Seville, Spain, that has long claimed to be the custodian of the ...

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