Laid to rest? Columbus's remains confirmed in Seville
The Guardian|October 12, 2024
Scientists in Spain claim to have solved the two lingering mysteries that cling to Christopher Columbus more than five centuries after the explorer died: are the much-travelled remains buried in a magnificent tomb in Seville Cathedral really his? And was the navigator who changed the course of world history really from Genoa - as history has long claimed - or was he actually Basque, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Jewish or Portuguese?
Sam Jones
Laid to rest? Columbus's remains confirmed in Seville

The answer to the first question is yes. The answer to the second could be revealed today.

Although Columbus died in the Spanish city of Valladolid in 1506, his wish to be buried on the island of Hispaniola, which is today divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic, set off a series of interments. His remains were taken there in 1542, moved to Cuba in 1795, and then brought to Seville in 1898 when Spain lost its colonial control of Cuba.

On Thursday, after two decades of DNA testing and research, the forensic medical expert José Antonio Lorente said the incomplete set of remains in Seville Cathedral were indeed those of Columbus.

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