The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, ...

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

For many years, guides leading visitors on tours of Jewish history in Spain have shared rumors that Christopher Columbus was ...

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a federal holiday at the urging of prominent Italian American ...

New DNA research has revealed that Christopher Columbus, who accidentally discovered the Americas, was a Sephardic Jew.

A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...

Spanish scientists said they will reveal details of the nationality of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus on Saturday ...

More than five centuries after he re-shaped history by opening up the New World to European exploration, scientists say they ...

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific ...

DNA experts concluded that Columbus was not originally a Genoese sailor, as previously thought, but instead came from a ...

Believed that the most likely origin was the Spanish Mediterranean arc or the Balearic Islands. The documentary broadcast on ...