Venice is a city whose history conjures up many images, memories and feelings—but how many of us think of Greece when we talk ...

Canada is, by nearly any measure, a large, advanced, prosperous nation. A founding member of the G7, Canada is one of the ...

Creating the Grand Egyptian Museum has become a seemingly Sisyphean task, with years of delays suggesting it would be ...

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists ...

Lions, tigers, and bears. These, among many other exotic animals, are the beasts with which gladiators did battle in amphitheaters across the Roman empire. It’s a spectacle that has long ...

Peretz A team of archaeologists made a singular discovery at the ancient site of Khirbat Ibreika, in southern Israel: four bronze discs with lion heads in relief, accompanied by rings that served as ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The first Roman skeleton to be found with a lion bite is now on display at a top attraction in York. The Press reported on the ground ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

Comparing the marks on the Roman gladiator’s skeleton to those on the zoos’ bones confirmed their hunch: He’d been bitten by a big cat, probably a lion. But big cats usually bite their prey ...

If you look closely at the center gable on the exterior of the basilica, you can even see a statue of St. Mark along with Venice's emblem: a lion with wings. This elaborate church sits on the ...