In his role as general, Hannibal led the Carthaginians' battle against the Roman Republic in the three Punic Wars, which ...

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found skeletal remains linking the animals to the conflict ...

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 elephant bone found in Spain may finally prove Hannibal brought war elephants to the battlefield.

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.

A small elephant bone found in Spain may be the first physical evidence of Hannibal's legendary war elephants.

For centuries, Hannibal's elephants were legend - now a rare bone found in Spain may offer real proof.

"While [the bone] would not represent one of the mythical specimens Hannibal took across the Alps, it could potentially ...

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 ...

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 ...