Spanish scientists have used DNA analysis to suggest that 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe. This revelation challenges traditional beliefs about his ...
Many historians have been fascinated by the idea that Columbus might have hidden his Jewish heritage to avoid persecution by ...
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, ...
A Spanish documentary extolling the virtues of the country's conquest of the Americas now showing in Mexico has added fuel to ...
Forensic scientist Jose Antonio Lorente has asserted the “absolute reliability” of his latest claim: Christopher Columbus’ ...
Columbus passed away in 1506 in an area that today comprises Spain. But his remains were taken to present-day Haiti and the ...
Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the ...
When Columbus arrived in America ... A few years after the “discovery” of America, the conquest began. In 1494 Spain and ...
In 2003, José Antonio Lorente, professor of forensic medicine at Granada University, and the historian Marcial Castro, ...
A DNA analysis on mysterious bones has revealed they belonged to Christopher Columbus who died more than 5-00 years ago.
DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still ...
DNA from bones said to belong to the explorer were analyzed by forensic scientists to confirm his identity and where he came ...