Ms. Fachner is an HNN intern. Is it possible that there were Muslims in the Americas before Columbus? Some claim that Muslims came to America hundreds of years before Columbus arrived in the New World ...

A recent study published in Nature provides significant evidence supporting the hypothesis that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, existed in the ...

By the time the archeologists weighed in, however, the idea of Leif Erikson landing in America before Columbus had already taken root, thanks to the 1874 book by Ramus B. Anderson that suggested ...

History books tell us that Christopher Columbus discovered America. But a new study suggests ... Indigenous North Americans ...

New research reveals the bacterium responsible for the sexually transmitted epidemic was active and diverse in the Americas long before ... It seems syphilis became more virulent at some point before ...

While it has been commonly said that Columbus discovered the Americas, that is not accurate. Even before he set sail from Spain, thousands of people were already living on these lands for centuries.

A book by a Muslim historian details the story ... Mroueh, Dr. Youssef. “Muslims in the Americas before Columbus.” As-Sunnah Foundation of America. (1996). n. pag. Online.