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.

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

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 ...

An interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals that women living in the region of ...

The discovery of a Roman gladiator skeleton with unusual bite marks led to the first direct physical evidence of human-animal ...

Some graves contained jewelry made from shell and sea snail shells, indicating residents had developed beliefs and ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...