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New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.
Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...
This week, we delve into the fossilized remains of an 113-million-year-old “hell ant” discovered in Brazil, the oldest ant ...
A 1,800-year-old skeleton discovered in Roman Britain bears bite marks suggesting a violent death at the hands of a large ...
The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...
A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a ...
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 ...
This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...
A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...
Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...
Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...
A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...