Escaping persecution in Baghdad, David Sassoon arrived in Mumbai and built an empire of trade, philanthropy, and architecture ...

DEOLALI was a camp near the north west coast of India, where 19th century British troops were sent after completing their ...

A painting in the Wallace Collection long-considered a Canaletto has been reattributed to Bellotto, a nephew who studied in his workshop.

The idea may seem wild: digging a canal from the Atlantic, somewhere south of Morocco, to flood part of the Sahara and create an inland sea. Yet, this project has been seriously considered several ...

On July 1, 1905, and for a month, the Magasin d’Education et de Récréation serialized a novel by Jules Verne titled ...

There are fewer settings more grand, more exotic, more regal and opulent than ancient Egypt. So when Giuseppe Verdi, one of ...

By the time he joined, Dasgupta & Co. was already a century-old institution ... international literature from the United Kingdom with shipments arriving via the Suez Canal after an 18-day journey. As ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Truman and begin the repair process from damage sustained while transiting the Suez Canal. Having worked as a civil servant at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for more than 30 years, I can guarantee that ...

CANTON ‒ The 19th Hole, a virtual golf and bar-restaurant downtown, is closing. Its last day will be March 7. "It was a fun ride. It just didn't turn out the way we planned it," co-owner Jared ...

Samuel commissioned the design and construction of a new tanker, safe enough to transit the Suez Canal. He called it Murex, after the shell of a sea snail. She set sail from West Hartlepool for ...