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Archaeologists Discover Bones of Hannibal’s Infamous War Elephants!

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New Hannibal lore has dropped & I’m trying very hard to contain my excitement 👀

I can’t believe this is the first piece of physical evidence we’ve found of Hannibal’s war elephants! Of course this is all preliminary & the researchers note that it is possible it could be a misplaced souvenir of some sort, but the location, date of the bones and the military context point in a certain, very intriguing, direction!

Read more here: Quesada-Sanz, F., & Morales-Muñiz, A. (2025). “The elephant in the

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