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.

You don't have to be one of those people who can't go a single day without thinking about the Roman Empire to know about the ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

Archaeologists say an "exciting analysis" has revealed that a skeleton from a Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first evidence ...

A skeleton of a Roman gladiator with clear traces of big cat bites has been discovered in England. This is the first concrete ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

A Roman gladiator’s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...