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 skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

Bite marks found on a Roman-era skeleton in York are the first physical evidence that humans fought animals in gladiatorial combat, experts ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

Bite marks found on a Roman-era skeleton in York are the first physical evidence that humans fought animals in gladiatorial ...

Quite a lot, it turns out - not only about the individual, but also their broader lives and communities; and these are the stories unearthed by Jacqueline McKinley, a Principal Osteoarchaeologist with ...

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.

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman ...

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