MADRID, (REUTERS) – The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish ...
A new study led by Spanish scientists has revealed that Christopher Columbus may have been of Sephardic Jewish origin, contradicting the long-held belief that he was from Genoa, Italy. DNA analysis of ...
A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific ...
For many years, guides leading visitors on tours of Jewish history in Spain have shared rumors that Christopher Columbus was ...
Theories have ranged from the 15th-century explorer being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British.
A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Western European Sephardic Jewish person, the group of people who were ...
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