The rugged and beautiful Greek island of Lemnos is home to a desert in the Gomati area, to the island's north.

Lemnos has colourful harbours — and Greece's only desert. Ikaria, in the far east of the Aegean, is closer to Izmir in Turkey than Athens. It is known for lying in a Blue Zone — an area where ...

British troops crossing the desert in Mesopotamia ... French soldiers at Mudros, on the Greek island of Lemnos, where the the Armistice of Mudros was signed on 31st October 1918.

It’s hard to green the desert. Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required ...

From the gastronomic specialties of Sifnos to the enigmatic ruins of the Dodecanese, each Greek island has its own distinct character. Here are the best Greek islands to visit.

Some of the biggest EDM, trance and house artists in the world are heading to the California desert next month for the 2025 ZENYARA Desert Nights Festival. Taking place over the same period as ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

Thermal mass is the ability of a material to absorb, store, and release heat. Used to moderate building temperatures by reducing fluctuations, the concept is crucial in improving energy efficiency ...

You won’t know until you grab a shovel and start digging in Desert Detectors. Soon, you’ll be the best gold digger, but in a literal sense. Desert Detectors codes can be of huge help if you ...

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian ...

The Gospel reading presented to us for the First Sunday of Lent is rather familiar to all of us — Our Lord’s temptation in the desert. In fact, in every cycle of the Lectionary (recall that the “A” ...