Mummery’s audacious plan The Diamir Face’s climbing history began in the summer of 1895 with British mountaineer Albert Frederick Mummery and his small team. They aimed to summit Nanga Parbat ...

Object Details Author Uplands Archaeology in the East Symposium (9th : 2004 : James Madison University) Nash, Carole L Barber, Michael B Uplands Archaeology in the East Symposium (8th : 2000) Notes ...

Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell are in Pakistan to open a new alpine-style route on Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face. Here, we examine the climbing history of this formidable 4,000m wall. Nanga Parbat (8 ...

Heartwarming WWII veteran celebrates 104th birthday Winnifred "Winnie" Mills, who at 21 enlisted in the Army during WWII in February 1943, worked as a cryptographer, decoding Japanese messages.

She has a crazy history. We don't have any of the big battle stories during WW2, but she escorted convoys from the US over to England, making sure food, provisions and ammunition got over there.

80 years later, researchers in Łambinowice, Poland, identify World War II Italian POWs buried in unmarked graves using archival records and excavation.

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations.

A remote Scottish lodge used to keep foreign secret agents far away from trouble during World War II is now up for sale. Nestled deep in the Scottish Highlands, Inverlair Lodge was requisitioned ...

TEHRAN—It is the ninth day of Israeli-imposed war against Iran. The ordinary lives have faced changes. These changes show the lively public culture of the society even in crisis time. It has led to ...