Long before gunpowder and mechanised armies transformed warfare, some of the most decisive battles in history were ...

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male ...

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 ...

Key point: Would it have welcomed further foreign interference? In 1862, the King of Siam offered President Lincoln war elephants for the Civil War. Lincoln politely declined. But what if... “Major ...