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Ancient Bone May Be First Physical Evidence of Hannibal’s ‘War Machine’ Elephants in Western Europe
Radiocarbon dating links the elephant bone to the Second Punic War, supporting Carthaginian use of war elephants with 12 artillery stone balls found at the site, researchers said.
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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.
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A fragment of bone found in southern Spain could be the first direct evidence that the Carthaginians really used elephants during the Punic Wars, suggesting... Read
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