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.

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said.Teeth imprints from a large cat were found on the pelvis of a man buried ...

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

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

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

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

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

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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 ...