Christmas pudding is a relatively recent concoction of two older, at least medieval, dishes. The first was a runny porridge ...

What was the British connection to an embroidered "Mughal textile" crafted in India in the early 18th century? The early 18th-century embroidered silk and linen textile a guest named Kitty brought to ...

Britain’s strategic situation during the American War of Independence has often been limited to its military operations in the Thirteen Colonies. While there are many books that analyze these ...

For nearly three centuries, the Mughal Empire defined power, art, and prosperity in India. At its height, it controlled a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered new research that provides definitive evidence that the remains of an 18th-century British warship are resting in the waters of South Florida. Although the discovery of ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition. Richard Cannon “What have we here?” is the fruit of two years of Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke’s research at the British ...

A sunken 18th-century British warship involved in a "historic shipwreck" has been identified, National Park Service archeologists in Florida said. The "HMS Tyger" is the name of the warship identified ...