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  • Melting glacier reveals World War I cave shelter and artifacts

    05/05/2021 9:46:58 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 37 replies
    CNN ^ | May 4, 2021 | Jack Guy and Livia Borghese
    Researchers have recovered a treasure trove of World War I artifacts from a cave shelter in northern Italy revealed by the melting of a glacier. During the war, the cave shelter housed 20 Austrian soldiers stationed at Mount Scorluzzo on the Alpine front, close to the famous Stelvio Pass, historian Stefano Morosini told CNN Tuesday. While people knew the shelter existed, researchers were only able to enter it in 2017 as the surrounding glacier had melted, added Morosini, who is scientific coordinator of the heritage project at Stelvio National Park and teaches at the University of Bergamo. Inside they found...