As part of the Bicentennial celebrations of the Independence of Mexico, exhumed the remains of the heroes of this event, in a attempt to clarify their identities after they were buried in a haphazard manner.
A team of scientists analyzed the authenticity of the remains of 14 national heroes in a temporary laboratory set up in the Castle of Chapultepec, a museum in the last two years has served as a military academy and the presidential palace imperial residence.
is believed that one of the skulls belonging to the priest Miguel Hidalgo called the "Father of the Nation" for having begun in 1810 with his "cry of Dolores" colonial struggle against the English crown.
The history of bone:
• In 1811 the priest Miguel Hidalgo and other revolutionary leaders were executed 11 and his body displayed in public to discourage other uprisings.
• In 1821 the government of Mexico gathered the bones and buried them in graves precarious under the cathedral in Mexico City.
• In 1925 were deposited under the monument of the Angel of Independence in the center of the capital.
But experts think that some of the bones could be in disarray and there are those who doubt that some bones actually belong to the warlords.
Therefore, Chapultepec Castle, the remains of the heroes were taken to a laboratory where specialists INAH relevant studies conducted to assess the state in which they find, develop an accurate record of the bones and provide what is necessary for proper conservation.
specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico bones compared with historical records of the heights of the heroes and the injuries suffered to determine which bones belong to each of them.
addition, the skeletal remains were subjected to an extensive conservation process.
The head of the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) Alonso Lujambio Irazábal said "there is no doubt The remains of the 14 heroes of the character corresponding to those of history as Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos. "
At a press conference insisted that this conviction is supported by historical research based on documentary and physical anthropology, so that more research is needed.
On display
Once the skeletal remains belonging to Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Juan Aldama, Ignacio Allende, Mariano Matamoros, Mariano Jiménez, Pedro Moreno, Víctor Rosales, Vicente Guerrero, Nicolás Bravo , Leona Vicario, Andrés Quintana Roo, Guadalupe Victoria and Xavier Mina, were analyzed, moved with high military honors from the Castle of Chapultepec to the National Palace.
There, the remains of the heroes of the country will be exposed as part of the exhibition Mexico: 200 years, the country in construction, which will open its doors for free from the 5th of September in the new gallery Nacional, built for the patriotic celebrations of 2010.
The remains of the 14 heroes of Independence remain in the National Palace until July 30, 2011 and will then be deposited again in the basement of the Column of Independence where they have remained since 1925.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/05/100530_2037_mexico_exhuman_huesos_proceres_heroes_independencia_bicentenario_fp.shtml
http://www.bicentenario .gob.mx / index.php? option = com_content & view = article & id = 1915
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/179713.html
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