(Posted 08th July 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Wiliam Hunter, Daily Mail (U.K), July 6, 2026 |
| Scientists may have finally solved the 2,200-year-old mystery of Hannibal’s legendary Alpine crossing. In 218 BC, the young Carthaginian general marched 40,000 men, 7,000 horses, and 37 war elephants across the Alps into Italy to wage war against Rome. For hundreds of years, historians have struggled to pin down the exact route of military history’s greatest journey. |
| Read more (5 min) (Phys.org) (EurekAlert) (Universitat Jena) |
