Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez Finds Elephant Bone Linked to Hannibal Barca's Campaign

Archaeologists led by Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez discovered an elephant foot bone in southern Spain that potentially links to the war elephants used by Hannibal Barca.The specimen was unearthed at the Colina de los Quemados site near Cordoba, providing rare physical evidence for the invasion of Europe in 218 BCE.Researchers utilized carbon dating and comparisons with modern species to confirm the find, which aligns with historical accounts of the 37 elephants that crossed the Alps.