Columbus's remains were brought to Seville in 1898 and buried in a tomb in the city's cathedral.Edwin Remsberg/Alamy
Posted on 10/12/2024 11:19:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists have solved the 500-year-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus' final resting place.
The team spent 20 years performing a DNA analysis on human bones found buried in Spain's Seville Cathedral, confirming with 'absolute certainty' they belonged to the explorer who died in 1506.
For the past two decades, they have been comparing DNA taken from the samples with that of relatives and descendants.
The findings come just ahead of the U.S. holiday in his name, this Monday, timed to the second Monday in October each year to commemorate the Italian voyager's Oct. 12, 1492 discovery of the 'New World' for Spain...
Columbus' body had been moved several times following his death, with some experts claiming he had been buried in the Dominican Republic, sparking a hunt to track down the navigator's remains...
Many experts have believed that the tomb inside the cathedral has long held Columbus' body, but it was not until 2003 when Lorente and historian Marcial Castro were granted permission to open it, finding the previously unknown bones were inside.
At the time, DNA technology was not capable of 'reading' a small amount of genetic material to provide accurate results.
Researchers used remains of the explorer's son, Hernando, and brother Diego, who are were also buried at Seville Cathedral...
Researchers said their findings on Columbus' ancestry are due to be announced in a documentary titled 'Columbus DNA: The true origin' on Spain's national broadcaster TVE on Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Columbus's remains were brought to Seville in 1898 and buried in a tomb in the city's cathedral.Edwin Remsberg/Alamy
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The Age of Sail / Age of Discovery was part of the Renaissance. Here's something that doesn't feel to me like a full topic of its own.
Historian Dr Michael Scott embarks on an adventure to explore the hidden treasures of Italy's astonishing cities, bringing a fascinating new insight into 2,000 years of history.
In Florence, Dr Scott is delighted to explore a small chamber under the Medici chapels in the Basilica of San Lorenzo. This is believed to be Michelangelo's secret underground hiding place, where he hid from persecution from the powerful Medici family. Here, he allegedly sketched chalk drawings on the walls, creating an 'autobiography through art' that lay undiscovered for centuries.
This clip is from the series Italy's Invisible Cities, first broadcast in 2017.Long-Lost Drawings Found Inside Michelangelo's Secret Bunker | 4:52
BBC Timestamp | 782K subscribers | 29,147 views | October 10, 2024
The videos in this compilation are from the series Italy's Invisible Cities.
00:00 - Naples' Underground Tunnels
03:09 - Italy's 'Entrance to the Underworld'
06:33 - Diving to the 'Las Vegas of Ancient Rome'
09:20 - Venice's Incredible Engineering
13:01 - 3D Scans of 14th Century Doge's Palace
16:37 - Casanova's Hidden Casinos in Venice
19:16 - Inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa
21:25 - Michelangelo's Secret Hiding Place
25:56 - Constructing The Dome of Florence's CathedralThe Hidden History of Italy's Greatest Cities | Italy's Invisible Cities | 29:12
BBC Timestamp | 782K subscribers | 7,627 views | September 12, 2024
I’m glad he is still discovered. I’ve been hearing about him my whole life.
Exactly how I read it too. 3 times!
“Scientists have solved the 500-year-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus’ final resting place.”
Great, now anti-Columbus fanatics and America haters can desecrate his grave.
And two months later, the ships pulled ashore, which Columbus thought might be Japan.
Puzzled by a lack of sushi, he re-considered.
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Must be that pINTELe Yid. INTEL inside:
Christopher Columbus, Secret Jew
The Vilna Gaon explicitly declares that a dove is a symbol of the human soul (Commentary to Jonah, 1). The dove is also a symbol of the people Israel (Song of Songs Rabbah 2:14), an image frequently repeated in Midrash.
You can run but you can't hide:
The Book of Jonah, read in its entirety during the Yom Kippur afternoon services, is the story of your life.>>>
You are Jonah. The real you, for “Jonah”—in Kabbalistic parlance—is another name for the soul. Hence, the story of Jonah is the story of a soul’s journey here on earth. Thus, on Yom Kippur, as we examine our lives and consider our purpose in this world, we remember the historical Jonah whose real-life narrative symbolizes our spiritual odyssey.
The findings come just ahead of the U.S. holiday in his name, this Monday, timed to the second Monday in October each year to commemorate the Italian voyager's Oct. 12, 1492 discovery of the 'New World' for Spain...
Shabbat, October 12, 2024
10 Tishrei, 5785
Yom Kippur
Jonah = "dove"
Columbus, Columbia = "dove"
Can-Do spirit, with rope in hand:
English: This painting shows Manifest Destiny, the belief in westward expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It was widely distributed as an engraving called "Spirit of the Frontier". Settlers are moving west, guided and protected by Columbia, aided by modern technology like railroads, and driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. Columbia represents America, dressed in a Roman toga to represent classical republicanism, and brings the enlightened east to the darkened west.
"From Atlantic to Pacific Gee, the traffic is terrific" ~ Perry Como
Just in time for today’s “anti colonial” lunatics to demand the bones be dissolved in acid and shot into deep outer space.
We’ve seen this one and another one in Portugal, I think.
Anyone hear yet what the Saturday documentary said was his ethnic origin? Was he really Italian?
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I thought he was Jewish and living in Cologne, Italy and pretending to be Christian. Somehow the word Cologne was translated to be Columbus. And of course I could be wrong.
One of the World’s most important men is entitled to a memorable resting place. I hope the results are conclusive (well, as conclusive as “science” ever is).
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