Just in time for the long weekend. Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the discovery say they also now know his ...

To discover that Christopher Columbus, long whispered to have Jewish heritage, had markers of Sephardic DNA is to me about as monumental as learning the Earth is round circa 1492. In other words ...

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 ...

Spanish scientists announced in a new documentary that first aired on Saturday that DNA analysis shows the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe.

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Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, beginning a period of European contact with the region Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new ...

About half of Americans, 52%, have a favorable view of Christopher Columbus, while 32% view him unfavorably, according to a new poll. Photo from Kevin Olson, UnSplash Americans are largely divided ...

Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples Day, is a federal holiday. Here's what is open and closed on Monday, Oct. 14.

Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of history’s most famous explorers. Researcher conducted over 22 years ...

A new poll has found that most Americans are skeptical of what they were taught in schools about Christopher Columbus. The survey, conducted by YouGov and released on October 12, two days before ...

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a commemoration of Native American history and culture. While the second Monday in October has historically been celebrated as ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 (originally observed on October 12) to commemorate the landing of explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...