On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why. Italy’s picturesque mountains have experienced an upturn in tourism this year, and with ...

The Italian media are calling it a hecatombe-- massacre. At least 83 people have died in the Italian Alps between June 21 and July 23, and five others are missing. That averages out to almost three ...

In 1991, two hikers in the Italian Alps stumbled upon a frozen body and changed history. The man they found, later named Ötzi, had been preserved in ice for over 5,000 years. His body carried Stone ...

A hiker has been missing in the Italian Alps after sending a text message to a friend telling them he was lost Matthew Hall was due to return home to the United Kingdom on July 12, according to his ...

Mummified body in Alps, 5,000+ years old, had Lyme disease, lactose intolerance. Feb. 29, 2012 — -- They called him "the Tyrolean iceman" when hikers found him in the Italian Alps in 1991 -- the ...

The body of a World War I soldier was found in a melting glacier in the Italian Alps, officials said. Ministero Difesa Human remains discovered on the Vedretta di Lares glacier in the Italian Alps ...