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.

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

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

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

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

Archeologists in the UK and Ireland recently uncovered a rare find: the skeletal remains of a gladiator from Roman-era ...

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

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

Set amid narrow streets, curio shops and brooks that flow quickly in spring, El Santuario de Chimayó has been designated as a ...

But a recent investigation by 60 Minutes revealed that the vast majority of those men have no known criminal records. The news program got its hands on a government list of 238 men who were flown ...