Allen and a team led by Bill Mahaney of Toronto’s York University believe that Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps at Col de Traversette, on the border of France and Italy southeast of ...

Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome. Hannibal, one of history’s most famous ...

Hannibal was determined to get his whole army – men and animals – across the treacherous path through the Alps. But how did he handle 37 elephants? Expert Dr. Tori Herridge speaks with ...

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 ...

He was delighted last year when the Belfast Telegraph headlined a front-page feature about his research team: QUEEN’S DUNG BOFFINS GET TO BOTTOM OF HANNIBAL ALPS RIDDLE IN PIECE OF 2000-YEAR-OLD ...

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 ...

For more than 2,000 years, nobody has been able to prove which of the four possible routes Hannibal took across the Alps, and no physical evidence of Hannibal’s army has ever been found…until now.

Irish scientists are among those who think they have uncovered the route Hannibal took his army through when crossing the Alps in the Second Punic War. To do so, they followed the dung.

A new Channel 4 documentary follows scientists as they find the most conclusive proof yet that not only did Hannibal and his elephants make it over the Alps, but they also did so via its most ...

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 ...

Allen and a team led by Bill Mahaney of Toronto’s York University believe that Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps at Col de Traversette, on the border of France and Italy southeast of ...