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

A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed in Spain could be from one of Hannibal's war elephants used during the Second Punic War, according to a new study. The baseball-sized relic, found near the southern ...

During the Second Punic War, the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal led his forces to numerous victories. But did he really take war elephants across the Alps?

Elephants are not exactly commonplace in the European landscape, so when archaeologists uncovered an elephant foot bone among the rubble of an Iron Age dig in Spain, they knew it could be something ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Underwater recovery off the Aegadian Islands in Sicily uncovered a Montefortino-style Roman war helmet. The helmet was likely part of the First Punic ...

The helmet, estimated to be about 2,265 years old, was found in the waters around the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily, officials said. Alexandra Smielova Unsplash An extraordinarily ...

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.

Elephants head towards hay delivered by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) Ranger Josphat Wangigi (not seen) at the Amboseli National Park as feed-aid for forage deprived herbivores hard hit by drought on ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive). By the ...