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

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the 15th-century explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa (now part of the ...

Columbus, an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa, died aged 55 in 1506. Passing in the northwest Spanish city of Valladolid, he wished to be buried on the island of Hispaniola ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla have touched down in “beautiful” Australia on the first day of their historic nine-day royal tour.The visit, which is the couple’s first as king and queen, will ...

According to the study, approximately 200,000 Jews lived in Spain during the Middle Ages, while the Republic of Genoa — the most widely accepted birthplace of the navigator — had no more than 15,000.

The apparent discovery has sparked a row in Genoa, Italy, northwest Italy ... in the face of a longstanding claim by the Dominican Republic to be the resting place of Columbus.

With the Republic of Ireland's next away game against England, it was fitting to bump into the legendary Ray Houghton at Athens airport on Monday afternoon.

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

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

Columbus, an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa, died in 1506. Since his death, the remains have been moved several times, with some experts claiming the explorer had previously ...

A new scientific study reveals the final resting place of the navigator and colonizer. The mystery of his origins and resting ...