The legend of the elephant cemetery
The legend of the elephant cemetery The legend of a mythical place where elephants go to die, made famous by many films (first of all The Lion King), has its roots in tales and myths that are actually very ancient. Already in the 1800s and 1900s, when the exploration of the African continent intensified, throngs of European adventurers and explorers went into the depths of the African savannah or jungle, in search of this mythological place where it was said that, among the skeletons of gigantic pachyderms, mountains of ivory could be found and therefore enormous wealth for those who came into possession of them. Among other things, it was mainly Hollywood that made the myth famous: not only thanks to 'The Lion King', but also thanks to two previous films released in the 1930s: 'Tarzan, the ape man' and 'Trader Horn '. In both films the explorers went in search of this legendary place. The myth is based on the fact that elephants are able to instinctively unders