Nördnytt! 🤓Archaeologists find possible first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants
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- HelloUsername - 12987 sekunder sedanRelated: "Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917005 06-feb-2026 40 comments
- shevy-java - 10516 sekunder sedan> A second-century Roman mosaic of a war elephant in Tunisia
It is quite interesting to see that the depicted elephant has wrong proportions. This makes one wonder whether the artist who created that mosaic, ever saw an elephant himself.
- __alexander - 10505 sekunder sedanEveryone should visit Córdoba, Spain once in their life.
- bryanrasmussen - 16301 sekunder sedanoriginal title: Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants
- sickofparadox - 13318 sekunder sedanAt this rate, we're only a few years away from discovering evidence for Herodotus' giant ants.