Elephant bone found at Spanish archaeological site may have marched on Rome with Hannibal

The finding represents the first elephant skeletal remains found to possibly confirm Hannibal’s historical march from ...

Archaeologists Found One Elephant Bone at an Ancient Battlefield. It May Belong to Hannibal’s Army.

Archaeologists in Spain found a single elephant bone among Carthaginian weapons, offering rare physical evidence linked to ...

Animal remains discovered by archaeologists who stumble upon a bone that could date back to Hannibal’s war against Rome

The bone represents the first piece of direct material evidence that could link Hispania to the war elephants used by Hannibal.
Washington Examiner

Hannibal’s Home

What if Hannibal had won? What if Carthage rather than Rome had become the dominant power in the Mediterranean? Dexter Hoyos believes that Carthage was capable of the same civilization-building ...
Ancient Origins

Landmark Elephant Bone May Be First Evidence of Hannibal in Spain

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Hannibal and Scipio’ Review: Carthage Versus Rome

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he paired illustrious Greeks with Romans who lived, in most cases, centuries ...