The famous crossing of the Alps occurred in 218 BC, a period when Carthage and Rome were competing for world dominance. Hannibal traversed the mountains–once thought uncrossable–with a force ...

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 ...

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 ...

But what was Hannibal ... Alps at Col de Traversette, on the border of France and Italy southeast of Grenoble. The surrounding terrain is incredibly rugged; even 22 centuries later, Google Maps ...

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 ...

The famous crossing of the Alps occurred in 218 BC, a period when Carthage and Rome were competing for world dominance. Hannibal traversed the mountains, once thought uncrossable, with a force of ...

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 ...

This route through the Alps was first suggested as Hannibal’s path by biologist Sir Gavin de Beer some 50 years ago. “The deposition," said Chris Allen of Queen’s University Belfast in a ...

Irish scientists are among those who think they have uncovered the route Hannibal took his army through when crossing the Alps in the Second ... a wonderful datavis map of 8,000 known battles ...

But what was Hannibal ... Alps at Col de Traversette, on the border of France and Italy southeast of Grenoble. The surrounding terrain is incredibly rugged; even 22 centuries later, Google Maps ...