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

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

A bone from an elephant foot discovered under a fallen wall in southern Spain may be the first tangible proof that Hannibal ...

In his role as general, Hannibal led the Carthaginians' battle against the Roman Republic in the three Punic Wars, which ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.

Researchers discovered an elephant bone in Spain possibly linked to the Second Punic War, according to a January 2026 study.

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that ...

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found ...

A 2,200-year-old elephant bone found in Spain may finally prove Hannibal brought war elephants to the battlefield.

Archaeologists have identified a 2,200-year-old elephant ankle bone as direct physical evidence of a Carthaginian war ...