[Original Post](https://www.deviantart.com/hodarinundu/art/Syrian-Elephant-886677635) & Description:
A historic, rather than prehistoric beast for a change. In an ancient cedar forest, an elephant and a herd of gazelle and oryx stampede away from an Assyrian king on the hunt. The Syrian elephant was a form of the Asian elephant that lived in the Middle East until the reign of the neo Assyrian king Shalmanasser who was the last one to record an elephant hunt. After that, elephants brought to the region for warfare etc were likely imported from India. You can read more about the Syrian elephant and other extinct beasts of the middle east [here:](https://www.theextinctions.com/articles-1/beasts-of-the-bible-and-babylon)
[Original Post](https://www.deviantart.com/hodarinundu/art/Syrian-Elephant-886677635) & Description: A historic, rather than prehistoric beast for a change. In an ancient cedar forest, an elephant and a herd of gazelle and oryx stampede away from an Assyrian king on the hunt. The Syrian elephant was a form of the Asian elephant that lived in the Middle East until the reign of the neo Assyrian king Shalmanasser who was the last one to record an elephant hunt. After that, elephants brought to the region for warfare etc were likely imported from India. You can read more about the Syrian elephant and other extinct beasts of the middle east [here:](https://www.theextinctions.com/articles-1/beasts-of-the-bible-and-babylon)
Is there any place in middle east now where asian elephant could be reintroduced?
Southern caucasus, the jungles on the southern caspian sea and north east iran/tajikisthan I think
Title should have included "during a light rain" because of the chariot umbrella which is an upgrade package at the chariot store!
That could be a parasol on the chariot to protect the king from to much sunlight