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

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and that will be reflected in his minimalist burial at Saint Mary Major. He is the ...

Tens of thousands of people have lined the four-mile route between St. Peter's Basilica and Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis wi ...

Images of sparring gladiators, sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum, “which would have been the classical world’s ...

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

Bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a cemetery is the first archaeological proof of gladiator combat ...

Images of sparring gladiators, sometimes with one another or with beasts, memorialized in ancient mosaics and pottery recall the Roman Colosseum, “which would have been the classical world’s ...

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators and animals, according to new research. The skeleton of a man, ...

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy (Anthony Devlin/PA) Bite marks found on a Roman-era skeleton in York ... a large cat found on the pelvis. Previously, images of gladiators being mauled by lions ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.