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A baseball-sized bone found in Spain may be the first physical proof of Hannibal’s legendary war elephants

Archaeologists excavating a site in Córdoba, Spain, have identified a small elephant bone in a layer dating to the era of the ...
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Divers Discovered a 2,200-Year-Old Helmet from the War That Changed the Course of Roman History

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underwater recovery off the Aegadian Islands in Sicily uncovered a Montefortino-style Roman war helmet. The helmet was likely part ...
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Divers find extraordinary Roman artifact from First Punic War off Italian coast

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 ...
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Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe

An international team of archaeologists and paleontologists has announced the discovery of physical evidence unique in Europe: an elephant bone dated to the Second Punic War (218–201 BC). The find, a ...