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War Elephant Bone Found in Spain Linked to Hannibal's Campaign

Archaeologists uncovered a 2,300-year-old elephant carpal bone in Córdoba, Spain—the first European evidence of Punic War elephants tied to Hannibal's army. Meanwhile, 40,000-year-old proto-writing markings on Ice Age artifacts were confirmed as the earliest known notation system, and a Serbian mass grave revealed a 9th century BC massacre of 77 unrelated individuals.

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