The Himalaya Range is the world's highest mountain range, with the fourteen highest mountain peaks in the world; it spans over 2,400 kilometers. It is also one of the world's longest ranges. It runs from the Pamir Mountains in the west to...

(‘the abode of the snow’) in popular mythology regarded as the abode of the gods, it denotes not only the actual mountain range, but also the invisible higher and subtle spiritual realms whose centre is the mythical Mount...

The soldier, barely 20 years old, was killed in a plane crash high in the northern Himalayas nearly 40 years ago. His snow-preserved body was finally brought home Tuesday, draped in the Indian flag and covered with fresh marigolds.Nearly 400 people attended the cremation ceremony...

Mountaineering legend Sir Edmund Hillary, best known for conquering Mount Everest, is in a New Zealand hospital after a fall, media reported Tuesday.Hillary, 87, who along with sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb the world's tallest peak in 1953, is believed to...

Mountaineering legend Sir Edmund Hillary, best known for conquering Mount Everest, is in a New Zealand hospital after a fall, media reported Tuesday.Hillary, 87, who along with sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb the world's tallest peak in 1953, is believed to...

An American TV host who traveled to the Himalayas to film a show on the mysterious yeti said Sunday he took castings from three footprints that could prove the legendary giant ape exists and is living on Mount Everest.Josh Gates, the host of Sci Fi's...

The history of the Himalayan region and the modern perceptions of the region.