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PugJesus May 19

"Those big grey fellas with tusks - you ever seen them before?"

PugJesus May 19

"Those big grey fellas with tusks - you ever seen them before?"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2073363/those-big-grey-fellas-with-tusks-you-ever-seen-them-before

PugJesus Apr 26

That's some nice aura though, ngl

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2014635/that-s-some-nice-aura-though-ngl

Stefan F. Wirth Feb 7

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.

©#StefanFWirth 2026
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https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

ref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105577

#pics
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Ancient Origins Jan 31

War elephants began as ancient workers, became battlefield beasts from India to Carthage, famously crossed the Alps with Hannibal, then faded with the arrival of gunpowder — but left a thunderous mark on history.
#WarElephants #AncientWarfare #HistoryFacts #EpicHistory#Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/peloponnesian-war-0012392

PC Apr 30, 2023

You may be aware that the game of #chess started in India in the sixth century A.D. The game took several centuries to be adopted into its current European form.

In the original version, some of the pieces moved differently, but the biggest difference in my opinion was the use of #WarElephants rather than #Rooks !

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_chess