Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...
IFLScience

2,200-Year-Old Bone Unearthed In Spain May Be First Direct Evidence Of Hannibal's War Elephants

Everything we know about these famous war animals has come from textual sources, so this is a significant new find.

Elephant bone found at Spanish archaeological site may have marched on Rome with Hannibal

The finding represents the first elephant skeletal remains found to possibly confirm Hannibal’s historical march from ...
Miami Herald

Divers find extraordinary Roman artifact from First Punic War off Italian coast

The helmet, estimated to be about 2,265 years old, was found in the waters around the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily, officials said. Alexandra Smielova Unsplash An extraordinarily ...

Hannibal's famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence

Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...
Ancient Origins

Landmark Elephant Bone May Be First Evidence of Hannibal in Spain

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...
Ars Technica

Topic: First Punic War

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