I can't imagine seeing an elephant running toward me in a battle. Terrifying.

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 ...

Researchers discovered an elephant bone in Spain possibly linked to the Second Punic War, according to a January 2026 study. The bone, found at the Colina de los Quemados site in Cordoba, Spain, in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two ancient powers fought for control of the known world The Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome were a century long struggle of ambition innovation and destruction that reshaped the map of the Medit ...

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 ...