Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE.
For centuries, Hannibal's elephants were legend - now a rare bone found in Spain may offer real proof.
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 ...
The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found skeletal remains linking the animals to the conflict ...
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...
Hannibal led the Second Punic War against Rome and became famous for his crossing of the Alps and the 16-year campaign which ...
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