The elephant may have been used in the armies of ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar or potentially even the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal.
The bone of a"sizeable" elephant that may have taken part in combat thousands of years ago has been uncovered in southern Spain.
Archaeologists found the carpal bone of an"elephant of large proportions" during excavations in the city of Córdoba on a hill known as Los Quemados, researchers told Spanish news outletThe bone is thought to date to between the end of the 4th century B.C. and the middle of the 1st century B.C., although experts have not been able to perform radiocarbon dating to determine a precise estimate of when the elephant died.
Researchers made the discovery in 2019, although it has been kept under wraps until now so that more information could be gathered. The area where the bone was found, located in the heart of Córdoba, may have played host to a large-scale battle involving war elephants, according to researchers. A colored engraving from the 19th century depicts the Battle of Zama in what is now Tunisia involving a combat elephant. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by Hannibal.
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