Mastodawn

In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.