Carthaginian commander Hannibal famously ... through the Alps to Italy in 218 BC to attack the Romans at the start of the Second Punic War. This painting, by French artist Nicolas Poussin, was ...

In Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts – explorers, archaeologists, and scientists – combine state-of-the-art technology ... The famous crossing of the Alps occurred ...

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encores Sunday, Jan. 28 at 10 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 Uncover the mystery of how Hannibal ...

The mystery of Hannibal's route through the Alps may have finally been solved - by poo. The 1,000 mile march of the great African commander to the gates of Rome has been fiercely debated for ...

This fresco by Jacopo Ripanda depicts Hannibal crossing the Alps in 218 B.C. New research claims to have located the site of the general's first major victory in Spain. Photo by DeAgostini / Getty ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For over 2,000 years, historians have argued over the route used by the Carthaginian ...

Speculation on the crossing place stretches back more than ... QUEEN’S DUNG BOFFINS GET TO BOTTOM OF HANNIBAL ALPS RIDDLE IN PIECE OF 2000-YEAR-OLD POO. (“Boffin,” Allen kindly explains ...

Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed the Alps to attack ancient ... the time of the Punic invasion." This crossing point was first proposed over a ...

Ever since Hannibal, the boy-wonder general of ancient Carthage, performed the astonishing feat of leading 37 elephants and an army of some 45,000 over the Alps into northern Italy to attack Rome ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s total sales are going ...