Check out today’s Mystery Photo, a colorful and gorgeous architectural structure. You must let your mind wander to determine what and where it is. Try your skill and send your determination to ebrack2@gmail.com, and tell us your hometown.
The last mystery photo is of the tomb of Christopher Columbus, a monument located in the Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain, as Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote. He adds: “It is believed that Columbus’ bones are located inside the lead coffin that sits above the shoulders of four symbolic pallbearers, statues intended to represent the original Christian kingdoms of Castile, León, Aragon, and Navarre from the Middle Ages which eventually unified to become Spain.” The photo came from Molly Titus of Peachtree Corners.
Peel continues: “But not everyone believes that the tomb here actually contains his remains. After Columbus died in 1506, his body traveled to many countries after his death: first to Valladolid, then Seville, and later to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and Havana and eventually back to Seville in 1898. But in the 1870s, a box labeled with Columbus’s name was found in Santo Domingo, sparking a debate about where his remains really are located.
“In 2003 and 2005, DNA testing confirmed that some of the bones in the Seville Cathedral were from the Columbus family lineage. But considering that Fernando Colón, the second son of Christopher Columbus was also buried in the cathedral, it’s possible that some of the remains in the tomb are those of Columbus’ son. To this day, the Dominican Republic still claims that the remains of Columbus never left the country while refusing to allow archaeologists access to the bones to conduct further DNA tests.
“So …is Christopher Columbus really in the Seville Cathedral? Is the world really round? At least one of these questions may remain a mystery for years.”
Others getting this mystery right include George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; and Stewart Ogilvie of Rehobah, Ala.
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