TRENTO, Italy, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Italian police said the recent melting of a mountain glacier uncovered a cache of ammunition from World War I.
About 200 rounds of 85-100 millimeter ordnance were uncovered high on the glacier on Ago de Nardis in Trentino this week, the Finance Guard told Italy's ANSA news agency.
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The shells had been buried on the glacier for nearly 100 years, but a recent heat wave melted the snow and ice to the point that a passing police rescue unit could see their brown metal points sticking out.
Police disposal specialists came back to the site and collected the munitions.
