The mid-century modern architecture in Columbus, Indiana, is a physical reminder of the post-war belief in design as a tool ...

Victor Lundy, who designed such Sarasota landmarks as the Blue Pagoda Building, St. Paul Lutheran Church and Galloway's ...

(RNS) — Just in time for Columbus Day, reports emerged on Monday (Oct. 14) that DNA analysis has revealed that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew. Rumors of this have been floating around the Jewish w ...

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.

“For over a century ... Columbus’s origins. He is a fascinating, flawed and enigmatic figure,” added Perelis, the author of the 2016 book Blood and Faith: Family and Identity in the Early ...

But the American origins of Columbus Day, a federal holiday established in 1937, show us that the modern celebration ... parades and dinners. By the mid-20th century, Columbus celebrations were ...

Over the past century, experts have debated whether Columbus’ full remains were taken to Seville for his official final resting place or if some or all of them were still unofficially in the DR ...

when Spain lost the Dominican Republic and Columbus was brought to Cuba, where he stayed for a century. Only then—a little over a century ago—were Columbus’ remains brought back to Seville.

“The DNA indicates that Christopher Columbus’s origin lay in the western Mediterranean,” Prof Lorente said. “If there weren’t Jews in Genoa in the 15th century, the likelihood that he ...

As this year’s Columbus Day is now upon us, here is what you need to know about the almost century-old national holiday. Both Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day fall on Monday, Oct. 14.

Commemorating Christopher Columbus' landing in the Americas on ... named for the 15th century king of Texcoco, famed for his poetry, engineering feats and skill on the battlefield.