During the Mughal era, budgets were prepared by gathering information about land and its production to determine taxes, and ...

Lord Sewell, the former chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, states in the report’s foreword that he ...

Riding the train from Madrid to Almeria, a remote southern province that has become the “latest thing” for travel aficionados in Spain, I gaze through the window at the haunted Tabernas Desert. Much ...

Hand fans have evolved from practical tools to symbols of power and artistry. Initially used to stoke fires or repel insects, ...

Flake out: This phrase comes from when a crew would ‘flake out’ an anchor chain (lay it out flat) on the deck to check the ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged vessel holding the precious furnishings of the lost 18th century Amber Room, ...

A century and a half later, the sinking of the S.S. Pacific remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region’s ...

Thirty-seven gold coins that were taken by salvagers from a shipwreck nearly 310 years old off Florida’s coast have been ...

Perhaps the King and the Royal Navy should now rename HMS Victory 'HMS Compromise'. Nelson's beautiful flagship, still ...

Amid the crackdown on overtourism, consider these six destinations that are still very much welcoming visitors ...