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

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Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus continues to be a figure of global fascination. His voyages across the ...

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