A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several ...

Christopher Columbus wasn’t Italian or even originally Catholic but instead a Sephardic Jew likely from Spain who hid his heritage to avoid persecution, a new genetic study suggests. A decades ...

Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492 ... to escape religious persecution. The study of DNA contradicts the traditional theory, which many historians had questioned, that the ...

Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus continues to ... finally cracked both mysteries using decades of careful DNA study. Columbus is widely credited with opening the door to European ...

A new scientific study by the University of Granada reveals that the navigator and colonizer may be buried in Sevilla, after a DNA analysis ... certainty that Christopher Columbus is buried ...

In a remarkable DNA study carried out over 22 years ... “We have DNA from Christopher Columbus, very partial, but sufficient. We have DNA from Hernando Colón, his son,” Lorente said in ...

A documentary aired on Spain’s national television this month has made headlines around the world for its revolutionary claim that Christopher ... the documentary Columbus DNA: His True Origins ...

MADRID, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a ...