Ancient bone may be first physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants in Western Europe
- Posted on February 20, 2026
- By CNN
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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.
