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Bodies found in Greece mass grave had "bullets in the heads," officials say
Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...
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Bite Marks on Ancient Skeleton Reveal First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting Lions
Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain ...
Skeleton from Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion or other big cat, archaeologists suggest
A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...
Bites on gladiator bones prove combat with lion
Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a ...
Archaeologists Found a Roman Gladiator’s Skeleton—With Bite Marks That Hint He Fought a Lion
Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...
Teeth in the Bones: Gladiator Skeleton Proves Lion Combat in Roman Britain
A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...