A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

Forensic scientist José Antonio Lorente, who claimed that the explorer was a Jew from Spain in a documentary, said he would ...

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 ...

The centuries-old mystery surrounding Chistopher Columbus ... study by the University of Granada reveals that the navigator and colonizer may be buried in Sevilla, after a DNA analysis confirmed ...

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 ...

The 500 year old mystery surrounding the final resting place of Christopher Columbus has been solved by scientists using DNA analysis. After two decades of DNA testing, the team was able to ...

One of the most important and exciting historical research of all time, the study of the DNA of the navigator Christopher Columbus, finally answers two fundamental questions: where do his bones rest?

MADRID -- 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.

For a long time, it was assumed that the navigator Christopher Columbus was of Italian origin - but scientists have come to a different conclusion after analyzing DNA samples. According to this ...