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.

Ancient bone may be first physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants in Western Europe

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

Were Hannibal's war elephants real? New evidence suggests the legend might be true

For centuries, Hannibal's elephants were legend - now a rare bone found in Spain may offer real proof.