Le ossa antiche potrebbero essere la prima prova fisica degli elefanti della “macchina da guerra” di Annibale nell’Europa occidentale
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/science/ancient-elephant-bone-spain-scli-intl?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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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](https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/05/world/hannibal-alps-route-feat).
After discovering the ankle bone at the Colina de los Quemados archaeological site in the city of Cordoba in southern Spain, researchers used radiocarbon dating to ascertain that it belonged to an elephant that lived around the early fourth to late third century BC, according to a study published in the [Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X2600012X).
Around this time, the city-state of Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, was battling with the Roman Republic for supremacy in the Mediterranean.
Why are news organizations posting their own articles on reddit? It is so cringe. If it’s a good article, people will post it themselves.