Celebrate this very remarkable and very ancient denizen of the wild with AntiquityNOW. Go to the links below to see how you can help save this species in peril.
The relationship between humans and elephants is ancient…
- Elephant rock carving from Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa.
- A rock carving of an elephant in the Tadrart Acacus region of Libya.
- Cave painting of a white elephant in Phillipp’s Cave, Namibia, Africa.
- Mesolithic Rock painting, Bhimbetka, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Elephants have a fascinating and ancient past…

A Wooly mammoth (left) and an American mastodon (right) facing each other, showing the physical differences between the two animals.
You can help ensure elephants have a beautiful future…
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