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 ...

Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps

"While [the bone] would not represent one of the mythical specimens Hannibal took across the Alps, it could potentially ...

Bone find proves Hannibal’s elephants marched across Europe

Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE.
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.
Yahoo

'Landmark' elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal's war against Rome

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The mysterious bone was ...
Daily Mail

The bone that proves Hannibal really DID cross the Alps with elephants: Archaeologists find first direct evidence for the beasts of war

Hannibal marching his elephants over the Alps is one of history's most legendary moments, and now archaeologists have found a bone that proves it really happened. During the Second Punic War, the ...
Phys.org

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 "war elephants." Yet, no skeletal remains of these war elephants had ever been ...