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 ...
So did they answer thr question of his ancestry?
Always been curious to me his log was in Hebrew and he noted Jewish holidays.
May have been simply because such logs were beyond secret at the time and so he wanted a semi-obscure language.
Or, as alleged, his mother was Jewish and taught him to respect his history.
LOL
nice pull from the eather
“Great, now anti-Columbus fanatics and America haters can desecrate his grave.”
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But what if DNA testing shows he has African ancestry?
From the sea to the shining sea. With nary a “pardon me”!
The Shroud of Turin was just dated to circa 33 A.R.S.H., without a dissenting voice.
Now this, relating to a terrifically devoted son of Mother Church.
So many words to the wise!
“But what if DNA testing shows he has African ancestry?”
Then he will be retconned into the greatest explorer in history.
The eartha isa flata lika your head.
The eartha isa flata lika your head.
Now they’re telling us that Christopher Columbus was Jewish, so I guess it didn’t matter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain who would be arriving in the New Land first as long as it was claimed in their names. It was strictly business and Columbus did a good job of selling himself to them not once or twice, but four times.
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