Such a reassessment would shift the geographic distribution of Roman funerary technology ... analysis on the interior surfaces of other lion-mask rings to detect traces of wood resins or textile ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

Written records and artworks have documented fights between armed performers and dangerous predators such as lions, leopards and tigers in Roman amphitheaters. Roman records also cite public ...

They collaborated with zoos to create three-dimensional scans of bite marks on leftover carcasses that were made by types of animals, such as lions and cheetahs, that had been used in Roman ...

The Trustees of the British Museum Supported by By Kate Golembiewski Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of glorious combat ...

Bite marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain were probably made by a lion in gladiatorial combat. The findings provide the first physical evidence that people battled ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion. Bite marks found on a ...

How a lion ended up in Britain is something of a mystery. It was previously thought that more exotic species were limited to Rome, but further investigation into Roman depictions of venationes and ...

and found bite marks from a big cat such as a lion or tiger. It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for ...