Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

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 skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer a “window ...