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

Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s ...

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of the 15th century explorer.

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

Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of ...

In the latest YouGov poll, just over half of respondents, 52%, said they have a very or somewhat favorable view of Columbus, ...

A decades-long investigation led by forensics scientist José Antonio Lorente from the University of Granada in Spain has now ...

DNA from bones said to belong to the explorer were analyzed by forensic scientists to confirm his identity and where he came ...

DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still ...

With a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project, the city is working on a design for a display to explain Columbus' legacy for this day and age. Along with gathering public ...

Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the ...

Christopher Columbus was likely Jewish, Spanish researchers have announced in a splashy new documentary aired on Spain’s ...